Freedom
The Royal Society should not expel Elon
Excommunicating people over political differences is wrong
Gambling is not the business of “public health professionals”
The concept of “public health” should apply to collective risks, not individual choices
Are we getting blasphemy law in disguise?
Public order law is being used to protect religious sensitivities
In defence of blasphemy laws
Conservatives are forgetting an important tradition
Describing reality is not “harassment”
It is absurd that women are being persecuted for defending the truth and their basic freedoms
On blasphemy and bullets
Murder is a lot worse than insulting religious beliefs
Southport is no excuse for censorship
The government is being weak-minded and opportunistic
Killing freedom to save it
The EU is threatening free speech in the name of democracy
Je suis Charlie, ten years on
We must never succumb to the jihadi’s veto
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
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Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
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We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
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Arty types: the fashionable poet
Britain’s AI gamble reeks of desperation
The government is betting it all on AI — it could lose our trousers
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The strange birth of woo-woo
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