High Culture
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Tax hikes? Take a hike
Andy Burnham must get a grip on spending rather than squeezing the taxpayer
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Tinker Bell, Puck, Dobby & Co.
An account of everything even the most dedicated fairy-follower could want to discover
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
We do not have to choose between mass migration and growth
Critics of mass migration have to be careful not to concede too much in their arguments
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Ed Miliband is a bad environmentalist
He has put virtue signalling before effectiveness
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm