Margaret Mitchell
Crying Wolffe
The Alex Salmond inquiry has been hobbled by legal intervention – so why can the media publish what politicians cannot discuss?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do