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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
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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
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
The wonders of Whistler
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Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
David Lean
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In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production