Paul Dacre
The battle for Ofcom
Ofcom is currently a bastion of woke liberal values; appointing Paul Dacre as the new head would go a long way in redressing the balance
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife