John Locke
The meaning of Locke
A new book explores the English philosopher’s American afterlife
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth