Roderic Fenwick Owen
A life indecently full of fun and games
This is not a journey you will find in most accounts of the twentieth century
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
