Victor Glover
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Keeping us on message
The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Hippo critical
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
A lesson from a century ago
In Helskini, architect Alvar Aalto is treated, for good reasons, as a national hero
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan