Dominic Sandbrook
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Lessons on being a rule-taker
The EU reset undermines Brexit and Britain
Lebanon’s finest
Henry Jeffreys savours some reds and whites from the Bekaa valley
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Benches without borders
From Gaza to asylum appeals, Britain’s immigration courts are making decisions that weaken border enforcement.
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
The cosy world of an Oxbridge golden age
Twilight of the Dons: British Intellectuals from World War II to Thatcherism by Colin Kidd
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
An intervention on interventionism
US foreign policy hawks should accept a more realistic approach