Free Speech
What’s the point of university during a freedom of speech crisis?
Students should be taught to do more than agree
Drill music’s token freedoms
Defences of free expression have become hopelessly unprincipled
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
The curious incident of the dog and the tribunal
A welcome win for sanity on gender, freedom and the workplace
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
Will Starmer suppress dissent?
The riots should not be an excuse for a broader assault on civil liberties
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
Social media platforms are still stifling debate
Platforms like Instagram and Eventbrite should learn that a belief in biological sex does not amount to “hate”
The football world’s war on free speech
Football authorities are attempting to insist on what political values players and supporters should represent
How I came to live in Looking-Glass House
How it feels to be exiled over political disagreement
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The cost of equal outcomes
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Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
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Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
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Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer