Free Speech
Can the power of information be controlled?
The internet democratised speech but with the new Online Safety Bill, politicians and the media are trying to put the genie back in the bottle
The rare breed of the conservative rock star
It is a strange world we live in when a musician’s personal politics leads to as much uproar as Winston Marshall’s case has
Yes we can hate GB News
It’s not Oliver Dowden’s business to tell us whom we may boycott
Cowardice calls to cowardice
The unworthy heirs of Millicent Fawcett
The new network for gender-critical academics
Welcome news for radical feminists and supporters of free speech
Cancelling Christians
Billy Graham wouldn’t be welcomed into Britain today
Fighting back against the censors
Dan Hitchens reports on the groups who are taking the battle for free speech forward by speaking truth to power
What does “religious literacy” mean for free speech?
The APPG on Religion in the Media’s report into “religious literacy” in the media is deeply flawed in its understanding of Islam in particular
Free speechers are missing the point
The newly announced Higher Education Bill won’t be the great champion of free speech that people think it will be
Queen’s Speech 2021: Free speech pendulum swings both ways
Tuesday’s Queen’s Speech to parliament confirmed that the government is yet to decide where it stands on freedom of speech
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
