Free Speech
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
A crippling consensus
Labour, the Greens and the Lib Dems are singing from the same destructive hymn sheet
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them