Free Speech
Scrap the Online Safety Bill
The blunt of legislation could steamroller valid criticisms
Cambridge in decline?
Censorious tendencies have not conquered the university yet
The silence should be deafening
Professor Matt Cook has underestimated the impact of censorship on women
The letters of the law
When did we delude ourselves that offence should be a crime?
The article Cherwell killed
Higher education must stop excluding disagreement
Free speech lives in Oxford
Ox, Stock and 150 shouting protestors
Taking Stock
“Freedom of speech is alive and well at Oxford” — but for how much longer?
A woman for all seasons
A rare brave voice in the House of Lords
Freedom of speech and the freedom to preach
How can “misgendering” mean you end up in a cell?
Sorry, Suella, we do have blasphemy laws
It would be naive to think freedom of speech is safe
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Dr Whitehall
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the Blob
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
