Edmund Burke
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Fathers of the republic
A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland
Conservatism as tradition
Living in the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be
A flag worth defending
Ukraine’s brave struggle reminds us of the importance of national patrimony
Measure for measure
Give the imperial system its due weight and worth
Nothing ventured
Why the statue-smashers can’t tolerate civil society
Liberals aren’t their own worst enemies
Why do so many Western liberals behave as if they agree with Putin’s critique of Western liberalism?
Liberalism: a bad idea and how to cope with it
The piecemeal constitutional “reforms” of the last 20 years fall on the liberal side and the results have been predictably disastrous
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
