M R James
A warning to the curious
Why M R James is still the greatest ghost story writer
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Andy Burnham’s empty toolbox
Britain’s next Labour government will inherit a state too indebted to deliver the interventionism it dreams of
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?