Housing
In defence of the Town and Country Planning Act
The essentially valuable function of the planning system has been subverted by its inheritors
Against Awaab’s Law
In defence of damp and mouldy tenancies
London needs more homes, and it needs them soon
Regulations and inertia are making London impossible to build in
Make Englishmen’s homes their castles again
Buildings extensions must not be made unaffordable
Stamp duty is a tax that deserves the axe
Kemi Badenoch is right to pledge to abolish it
New towns must be good towns
New towns of the future must be beautiful and successful communities
Compulsory purchase orders are legalised theft
Expanding housing must not come at the expense of respecting private property
Labour’s housing ice age
The goverment is leaving potential homeowners out in the cold
In defence of Angela Rayner
Whatever happened to the British sense of fair play?
Vindication of the NIMBYs
Local activists are the strongest soldiers in the war over the character of England
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Ban their benefits and deport them
Our interview with Zia Yusuf
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument