Hygiene
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
There’s truth in the toilet
Britain’s sewage problem requires a Victorian solution
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand