John Milton
Satan’s sedition
Liberty, license and Milton’s multifaceted allegory for Oliver Cromwell
Paradise dimmed
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the greatest poem in the English language, yet it seems to be fading slowly from public view. Who could write a new national epic?
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them