Oxfam
The myth of an extractive empire
Oxfam’s attack on the British Raj is historically and economically confused
Oxfam’s heart of darkness
The story of women in third world countries being abused by charity workers recurs with worrying inevitably
The demise of the second-hand bookshop
Why Oxfam bookshops, as tremendous as they are, may be the end of the second-hand bookseller
Most Read
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Shabir Ahmed is a symptom
Deporting the grooming gang leader, while just, will not solve our problems
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The delusions of the DCMS
The establishment approach to the internet is marked by paranoia and control