Language
A moral panic about moral panics?
We are in danger of making unhinged generalisations about unhinged generalisers
Why we need a shared language
It is not just a matter of communication but of culture
Rethinking “free speech”
Censorship is not only desirable but necessary if a democratic society and its laws are to function correctly
The rich and varied past of our islands
Romans, Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Norwegians all made their marks
We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey
Against the neutralisation of harm
It’s not happening, and that’s why it’s good
The case for not Having A Normal One
In defence of traditional swearing
And against the cult of “cockwomble”
Language, truth and logic
Talking to Stella Creasy is never easy
Danger: semantic engineers at work
The institutionalisation of gender-neutral language is designed to change how we think, feel and act
Slang vs Woke: the final judgment
Everyone wants what should be. But there is no “should be”. There is only what is.
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
A new town versus an old estate
Development in the heart of rural Oxfordshire will change the ecology of the surrounding area
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
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The banality of Bower
The much-feared biographer is choosing the wrong targets
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse