values
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Is it still a wonderful life?
The values Frank Capra celebrated seem to be fading in our times
The idol of the age
The right should grasp the nettle of equality
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
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.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Gradually, then suddenly
You don’t expect everything to change until it does
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong