Property
Compulsory purchase orders are legalised theft
Expanding housing must not come at the expense of respecting private property
The South African Expropriation Act is dangerous and wrong
It would trample on property rights and endanger the economy
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
The end of high quality homes
Michael Gove’s new leasehold reforms risk derailing the economic engine that helped finance some of Britain’s finest suburbs
Real pond life
There is a simple way to foster biodiversity
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
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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
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks