Freedom
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
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
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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
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The next chapter for The Critic
A request — and an opportunity!
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Into the light
The courage and dignity of Gisèle Pelicot should inspire us all
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators