Ian Hislop
The sad reign of Ian Hislop
Appointed for his youth, he has become symbolic of cultural gerontocracy
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Why ministers fail
Even the more effective politicians do not have time to achieve anything
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
The Falklands tragedy
British weakness is endangering the Falklands
Settlement disagreements
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour Party are absolutely hopeless on immigration