Giacomo Casanova
The world’s most beloved oratorio
Hallelujah to that
Most Read
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Marketing masters
Catching the eye of a buyer in the social media era
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried