Lieutenant Colonel Newnham-Davis
Food pairing is folly
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping