Hope
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
Acts of faith
Hephzibah Anderson plants her spring bulbs
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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
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel