Peter Burke
Discussing Magic
Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names