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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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up