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Public health and the eternal paternalist
Public health can be a Trojan horse for anti-capitalism
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
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In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)