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The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Forty-five years of excellence
John Self lauds a writer who has ended up outshining all of his peers
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket