Liberalism
The paradox at the heart of Catholicism
Catholic catechism is one thing, but the beliefs of the more than a billion adherents are often something entirely different
September 2020: Letters to the Editor
The divisions between the ruling managerial class and the rest are a recipe for extremism
Arsonists in the Attic
The liberals betrayed the very civilisation they were charged to defend
Liberals aren’t their own worst enemies
Why do so many Western liberals behave as if they agree with Putin’s critique of Western liberalism?
Germany’s Red Army Faction
Ominous parallels between 1970s West Germany and Britain today
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
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Bar none
The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
