Lockdown
In defence of the Ingram-Moores
Don’t blame them; blame yourself
Freedom Day remembered
How the doomsayers got it wrong
The failure of central planning
It didn’t work in the late 1940s or the early 2020s
Passion of the shyster
Boris thinks he is the victim — but he might be the only one
The people sing
The Chinese have had enough of lockdowns
Missing the point on lockdown
A new book on civil liberties and the pandemic is bogged down by petty proceduralism
COVID truth and reconciliation
We must learn the lessons of our pandemic response
The lockdown bonfire of Britain’s freedoms
The Government’s chaotic handling of the Covid-19 crisis resulted in an arbitrary rule by diktat of dubious legitimacy that should never be repeated
An epidemic of misguided moralising
The difference between vaccine sceptics and advocates is not as great as it appears
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
