Dissidents
Tristram and the tyrants
Laurence Sterne’s 250-year-old masterpiece is a radical, riotous celebration of liberty loathed by both Nazis and communists
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The truth about London Bridge
Flawed narratives should not distort historical memory of the planning for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins