Empaths
I’m not an “empath”
Against performative sensitivity
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to