NASA
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Rockets for Christmas
On model planes and lethal missiles
The calamitous course of history
Reading Doom might not save us, but it leaves us with a better appreciation of the complex politics of catastrophe
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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
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
The joys of village cricket
Cricket embodies much of what is valuable about our culture
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
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
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour