Oliver Twist
What the Dickens
Spin-offs are all very well, but can’t we have the real thing?
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
