Fox Hunting
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
British sporting art
Two views of the same country
The Hunting Act: 20 years on
It was a law that has achieved precisely the opposite of its stated aims
Ben Fogle: Pukka prince of fluff
His films are overrated, overindulged, and dismal
The forgotten Mr Fox
Richard Negus says the cruel sentimentality of the Hunting Act scars the countryside to this day, but the biggest loser is the animal it purported to protect
Thank fox I’m not a QC
Why I stood up to Jolyon Maugham, Twitter’s blocker-in-chief
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility