Soap
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s intellectual journey from Peterhouse, to a London college full of left-wing firebrands, from sophisticated intellectual soirées in Holland Park to a “bohemian blur” in Essex and a squalid Fleet Street pub