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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
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Critical briefing: energy price shocks
The shocks from the Iran War are yet to be felt, but are sure to be powerful
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
The right does not need religion
We should not mourn the end of the Quiet Revival
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation