Lockdowns
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
There is still no pandemic plan
The Covid inquiry could help improve our response to the next crisis, but is not asking the right questions
Revisionist lockdown history
The public health establishment is being whitewashed over COVID
A nation of curtain twitchers
Britain is becoming pettier, nastier and more tedious
Lockdown lessons
People should have been allowed to manage their own risk
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
