Harriett Gilbert
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
