Trans Ideology
They, Claudius
It is folly to project modish contemporary norms backwards
Stop telling children the world hates them
It is not kind or truthful to scare children into loyalty
Return from Planet Gender
New guidance for schools on gender questioning children is a good start
Give up already, Eddie
Eddie Izzard’s unconvincing political career is going nowhere
Hey, regulator, leave those teachers alone
Against authoritarian tolerance in education
Why employers should reconsider Trans Day of Remembrance
Is this a display of compassion or an opportunistic politicised event?
Gender misinformation
Ireland’s torturous, ideological administration is where truth goes to die, and vulnerable women are paying the price
Ireland’s gender Jesuits
Give me the child, and I will show you the non-binary adult
Could Rishi be found guilty of conversion therapy?
It’s time for some common sense to enter the conversation
Nowt so queerphobic as folk
The Greens have gone gaga over gender and sexuality
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Mahmood music
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a lot less tough than they sound
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out