Engineering
England reclaimed
How we became a nation of drainage engineers
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
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
