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How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete