Persuasion
In defence of the Netflix Persuasion
It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Britain’s twilight war
The UK is fighting an unwinnable conflict in a world that it doesn’t understand, without plan or purpose
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
