Freedom
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
“Fauxcest” is not a free speech issue
The government should ban this dangerous and disgusting genre
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
Academic freedom is stuck in legal limbo
The government must clarify how the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 is going to be enforced
Mind your business Britain
A struggling government turns to prohibition and regulation; a restless public may yet rediscover its taste for freedom.
We must protect freedom for its own sake
Defend the countryside not merely out of tradition, but for liberty
Hitting the trail
What does the government have against rural life?
Can Britain handle free speech?
We need liberty but we also need restraint
Preaching is not a crime
What Shaun O’Sullivan’s case tells us about the threat to liberty
No word should be inherently unsayable
Context matters — whatever the language police might say
Most Read
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
No bullshit government
Tom Jones grills the shadow minister for
policy renewal about the plans of a
future Tory administration
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved