Pure Cremation
The death of the funeral
We abandon death rituals at our peril
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
We’ve had enough agitslop
British TV drama has become an embarrassing display of liberal neuroses
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names