James Orr
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Welcome back to Weimar
In an atomised world, right and left are turning to extremes
Against esoteric Skinnerism
We should not mistake a big personality for meaningful politics
The lion roars
There were grounds for optimism about the future of England in Westminster this week
Can Cambridge cope with Jordan Peterson?
His visit tests the self-appointed judiciary of acceptable ideas
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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
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe