Words
2022: What can we say?
Weaponised words can only decrease in value
Stop mining!
Deeper data shafts just produce useless piles of waste
Problematic
If someone identifies something you’ve said as problematic, they mean you are the problem
Dr Green’s Dictionary: Narrative
In politics, narrative is now less synonymous with events than with their exposure as a pack of lies
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
