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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The government must end its war on the price mechanism
The government is stubbornly ignoring the harms and risks of its interventions into markets
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh