Peter Westmacott
Why we’re in the state we’re in
Woolly thinking, cloudy expression, and the possibility that great matters are at hand: two books by a pair of Foreign Office grandees
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
