JK Rowling
Why I “took the knee”
Following a brief loss of balance in a London watering hole I ‘took the knee’ – but that doesn’t detract from the symbolism
The silence of the self-censoring writers
Our writers must be bold enough to write the words they want to write, independent, and stronger for that
‘You’ll be a Man, my son!’
Rudyard Kipling’s (in)famous poem “If” reverberates with valuably relevant and humane advice for 2020 Britain
JK Rowling and the Wardens of Woke
The younger Harry Potter stars made their disagreement abundantly clear with the woman who made them
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
No, rent controls don’t work
Stop toying with failed ideas and build some damn houses
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration