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A triumph of light and space
The success of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery.
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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
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
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
Two cheers for Keir
Keir Starmer enjoyed a warm end to a chilly premiership
Stop underestimating British tech
We should not surrender to the idea that American companies can do everything better
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The revolution will be half-empty
Britain’s answer to America’s biggest conservative gathering offered empty seats, familiar grievances and a vision of the country that exists largely in the imagination.
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone