Equality Act
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The government needs to put safeguarding first
It should not allow social transitioning in schools
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
