Dissidents
How one Egyptian activist accidentally exposed the British establishment
Alaa Abd El-Fattah is a symptom of the problem more than he is the problem
Oikophobia in excelsis
Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s case has exposed the hollow priorities of our political and cultural elites
Tristram and the tyrants
Laurence Sterne’s 250-year-old masterpiece is a radical, riotous celebration of liberty loathed by both Nazis and communists
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Critical briefing: Unite the Kingdom
What you need to know about the Unite the Kingdom march on May 16
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself