Free Speech
Unfairness, libel and the future of defamation cases
A libel claim to be considered this week not only threatens the claimant’s reputation, but also the precedent of the public interest test
Cancelling cancel culture
The need for the Free Speech Union is pressing but the obstacles are great
The internet court of no appeal
How social media firms are policing everything we say
Free speech in an uncivil society
A climate of intolerance is threatening the pursuit of reason.
The free speech crisis at Britain’s universities
The massive left-wing bias on campus is putting conservative students at risk
Can hurt feelings trump free speech?
Douglas Murray reviews What Snowflakes Get Right: Free Speech, Truth and Equality on Campus by Ulrich Baer
What women have lost
How can women focus on traditional feminist issues when spiteful men are demanding to be included?
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Illicit fun
Jonathan Leibowitz: Eastern Reflections (Delphian)
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
Fears for tiers
The British state must be impartial in the face of different outbreaks of criminality
The Worlds of Marco Polo: The Journey of a Thirteenth-Century Venetian Merchant; Palazzo Ducale, Venice
For millennia all that was rare, exquisite, gorgeous and strange traversed the “Silk Road”
Germany is acknowledging the unspeakable
A pattern of criminality is shattering taboos
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
A real education
We need a revolution in the way we teach, the curriculum, extracurriculars and funding
