Obscenity
Rethinking “free speech”
Censorship is not only desirable but necessary if a democratic society and its laws are to function correctly
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
International Women’s Day is useless for women
IWD has become a celebration of evasion and irrationality
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp