John Wycliffe
The Trans troubles of the Middle Ages
The great scholars of the Middle Ages had their own word for Trans
The University: The idea and how to destroy it
Fourteenth-century Oxford University offers today’s Woke some lessons in cancel culture
Fear Ireland’s shadow banks
The Emerald Isle is ripe for a volatile market correction
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
Subscribe to save the BBC
A radical new solution to the problem of the BBC’s outmoded licence fee that could ensure more high-quality programming
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums