Freedom
Lockdown lessons
People should have been allowed to manage their own risk
The abnormality of nannying
Why do we assume that lost freedoms are universal?
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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
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat