Press
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant