Transgender
Banning prayer is beyond the Scottish Government’s powers
Holyrood has vastly exceeded its remit
Redefining rape
You can’t take the penis out of rape law
The perils of positive discrimination
Seeking wider representation must not come at the expense of standards
The Great Pretender
When does acting stop and real life begin?
Women’s refuges should be exactly that
Biological males do not have a right to them
A dick move
Bog-standard sexism with a modern coat of paint
Over my dead body
Women deserve to feel safe during surgery
The silence of women
Shouldn’t a talk show host be good at listening?
How do the police not know the law?
They should stop investigating non-crimes
Women’s rights shouldn’t be up for debate
MPs need to stop questioning the rights of biological women
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
