Loss
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
When painters lose their sight
How the loss of vision can both help and hinder artists
Is it safe?
The torture of our new safety obsessed national psyche
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive