Journalism
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
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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
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent