Scotland
The calamities of Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd
Scottish ferries are in a ferry bad shape
The National Library of Scotland is a national embarrassment
Dissent is marginalised amid establishment sycophancy
Nicola Sturgeon’s feminist fairy tale
For all the rhetoric, she made life worse for Scottish women
The stupidification of Scottish schools
Scottish education is being dumbed down in the name of diversity
A mysterious garden
A new book offers interesting insights into the neglected subject of fraternal societies
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
The crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Serious as it is, it is no anomaly
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change