#MeToo
Publish and Be Damned
Woody Allen and the #MeToo mob
Kirk Douglas and cancel culture
Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?
Was Plácido a pest?
Domingo is far from the monster that America’s #MeToo movement has made of him
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill