Michelle Goldberg
Have we really reached peak woke?
It’s not dying, it’s just evolving
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Rage against the dying of the night
The loss of the soft-lit splendour of London after dark
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions