English Culture
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
