Mortality
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination