Vox Clamantis
Album of the Year
Arvo Pärt: And I heard a voice
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers