Government Oppression
Let’s face it
Governments use masking to force compliance, not fight viruses
Pay no attention
In the rush to blame tech companies, we forget the ultimate threat to free speech comes from the state
Passport to your soul
Opening the door to vaccine passports could lead to years of oppression, says Patrick Fagan
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation