James Hamilton
Scot free
The Unionists’ hope of ousting Sturgeon has failed. Now what?
A time to keep silence and time to speak
Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
