Tithing
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
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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 do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect