Masks
You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Faith Masks
The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful
Saving Face
Like a home-made mask, our tolerance is wearing thin
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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
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
The mother of all U-turns
Kemi Badenoch discovered that backing wars and opposing petrol prices is harder than it looks
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections