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The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
