Sardou
The cat in a hat
A colourful glimpse into a dramatic feast of sex and death
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Academia must not dissolve scholarship into politics
Scholarly rigour must be put above ideological virtue signalling
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war