Politics
A short history of UBI
Universal Basic Income has been around for a while
The tribe that disappeared
The demonisation of the white working class becomes more overt by the day. They are being airbrushed from history
Too much of a maverick
Andrew Roberts reviews Haldane, by John Campbell
Angels still sitting on my shoulder
Douglas Murray discusses the importance of intellectual mentors and reveals two who continue to guide him
Politics Past and Present: with Dick Taverne
How does the calibre of politicians compare between now and the 1960s?
The fools, the fools, they’ve left us the opposition
Ireland’s civil war political parties are determined to sink together
Could it really happen here?
A podcast on the possibility of a second civil war reveals the dangerous polarisation that few Americans – including its host – can escape
Will Brexit mean us getting the fags we want?
The current state of the transition talks
If I had a hammer
Do we just need better iconoclasts?
We’re all China hawks now
If Dominic Raab was expecting to be attacked from the left, he was sorely mistaken
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
