Lester Piggott
Death of a sporting hero
Lester Piggott was the greatest jockey — bar none
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
