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Is grammar elitist?
The soft bigotry of low expectations
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics