North-South Divide
More than whippets and flat caps
Brian Groom’s Northerners weaves together a rich seam of rebels and innovators
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy
The vindication of Cass
An attempt to overturn restrictions on providing puberty blockers has failed
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Fear and favour
Are the police guilty of a “two tier” approach? They are if their own “Police Race Action Plan” is to be believed
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex