Media
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
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
On British journalists and court eunuchs
Why we learn so miserably little from the British press
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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
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The return of a luxury lingerie brand
La Perla isn’t about the male gaze; it’s about feminine feel
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains