Islamism
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
Turning the tables on coercion?
Lord Walney’s report on political extremism is valuable if flawed
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
