Stewart Lee
Stewart Lee is wrong about comedy and censorship
Despite the awfulness of much “anti-woke” comedy, opponents of political correctness have a point
Rabble-rouser in chief
Our increasingly polarised and angry age wants not entertainment, but preachers
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
A police school for scandal
Is it any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness?
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect