Shamima Begum
We need to forgive Shamima Begum
An ISIS bride calls Christianity’s bluff
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Christmas? My arse!
Seething about Santa, sofagate and the Common effing Entrance
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
