Petrarch
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Is the “George R. R. Martin effect” real?
Can we expect a Song of Ice and Fire or a damp squib?
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution