Mythology
The empty gap
The meaning of the felling of the Sycamore Gap
Tolkien, 50 years on
The true scale of his legacy is gradually becoming apparent
A toast to C.S. Lewis
A poet of the human soul
Goodbye to the Gorgoneion
Can we invent myths or are they what make us what we are?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration