Economics
Why Margaret still matters
The lessons of her leadership are still applicable today
Stamp duty is a tax that deserves the axe
Kemi Badenoch is right to pledge to abolish it
Britain is dining out on economic delusions
We cannot fix illegal immigration without facing some hard economic truths
Caught in the net
The government is wasting money as people waste their lives
Jason Hickel doesn’t understand economics
His work is a useful reminder not to stray too far from what we know
We need a counter-deliverution
For too long, the service economy has profited from illegal immigration
Britain needs lower taxes now
We must escape our doom loop of taxing and spending
A Reformed Britain — if you can govern it
Reform must become a governing party if it is to survive
Why the Boriswave is not an economic boon
A case for optimism depends on flawed data and muddled thinking
Ground control to Major Keir
Why is British ambition perpetually sacrificed on the altar of “efficiency”?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence