Liberalism
What the Dickens!
150 years since Dickens’s death, Alexander Larman evaluates the memorialised writer’s questionable politics
How to Climb the Academic Pole
Ambitious young academics see the lecture hall and research laboratory as a shackle
The flaws of liberalism
On a range of issues liberal politicians pursued policies opposed by voters
Enemy of orthodoxy
Christopher Silvester reviews Groupthink: A Study in Self-Delusion, By Christopher Booker
What is the future of liberalism in Britain?
And what is the relationship between war and the state? With Nick Timothy and Jeremy Black
Private Education and Public Benefit
Why private schools must leave liberalism in the dustbin
Liberalism: a bad idea and how to cope with it
The piecemeal constitutional “reforms” of the last 20 years fall on the liberal side and the results have been predictably disastrous
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The strange death of Christian Scotland
Scotland’s religious traditions have been swept away. Now, secular intolerance rules
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality
Italian elegance
Italian Perspectives (Pentatone)
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny