Eugenics
“I’m afraid the news is not good …”
Our confidence in doctor diagnosis is sadly misplaced
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Cancelled by his college
How a panicking Cambridge institution obliterated the memory of one of its most famous sons
Eugenics and the intellectual left
To what extent should we separate an artist’s work from their period, character and ideas?
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?