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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
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.
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
