John Donne
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
