slave trade
Why the narrative on Britain’s role in the slave trade is misleading
Britain’s bleak record with the slave trade makes a horrible story, but it is one not helped by getting it wrong
Property is Speech
Tearing down Edward Colston’s statue conceals the past and suppresses the speech of the dead
The facts and the fury
Feeling strongly about an issue is a dangerous justification for mob action
Parliament is preparing to meet next week to vote on EU trade deal
The announcement may come on Thursday – regardless of whether a deal is concluded by that day
Dominic Cummings and the illusion of control
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how woefully mistaken Cummings’ hopes were for lasting civil service reform
Surviving the straits of hell
An old press cutting provided the key to a defiant tale of life after Auschwitz
The legacy of David Bowie: five years, what a surprise
Alexander Larman on why the late, great David Bowie remains such a totemic and iconic figure in his life
Why we need a common faith
Is there any clear route out of the philosophical modernity and nihilism that plague our reality?
Why are so many actors and filmmakers being cancelled?
From Kevin Spacey to Armie Hammer, why are those in Hollywood facing the axe of cancel culture more than ever before?
Cancelled by the Federation of Small Businesses for questioning BLM
‘I was hounded out of an organisation that is supposed to be pro-business by advising against celebrating a movement that wants to dismantle capitalism’
What is truth?
Banging on about “the methods of science” is not a good argument
The danger of rewriting history
There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history
Are the Bee Gees Britain’s most underrated band?
The Bee Gees have always been a target for mockery, but by force of talent and ambition, they managed to define the age around them