Latin Motto
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Cui Bono
Imperial College’s Operation Historyhide is a go-go
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave