Could inheritance tax changes help farmers in the long run?
Britain’s farmers are in a bind. Despite sitting on land worth millions, they are unable to release that wealth without…
Leaving the ECHR won’t fix Britain’s immigration chaos
If you tuned into the Tory party leadership race, you will have heard rather a lot about the European Convention…
Down and out in Birmingham and Rotherham
The Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham, is opposite an RSPB nature reserve. For months, its 130 rooms have been…
Are you a Gail’s or a Wimpy voter?
Liberal Democrat activists were reportedly told to ‘get out the Gail’s vote’, targeting people who visit the over-priced artisanal cafés.…
A brief history of presidential assassinations
That image of Donald Trump, blood streaming down his face, fist raised in front of the banner of the republic,…
The grubby world of political betting
If you’re going to fleece a bookies, it would be wise to ask a friend to place the bet on…
Daniel Dennett’s last interview: ‘AI could signal the end of human civilisation’
Do we still need philosophers? Daniel Dennett, who died last week, believed strongly that we do. ‘Scientists have a tendency…
Why can police sue for being asked to do their jobs?
I can’t imagine being confronted with the body of someone who has jumped to their death: limbs splayed in ways…
The curious business of fertility
The curious business of fertility
Britain is stuck in a fertility trap
Pope Francis wants you to have sex. Or at least he wants Italians to have more sex. The country, he says,…
Sexual politics is damaging young men
Today’s sexual politics is damaging young men
The madness of the lockdown trials
I think we can now admit that Covid sent us all a little loopy. Matt Hancock certainly seems it, handing…
Does Britain need bison?
For the first time since the Ice Age, wild bison are roaming Britain
The paradox of Alan Watts
There’s an advert for cruise holidays on television at the moment. It’s all dolphins and dining halls and laughing women…
In defence of Warhammer
Warhammer is a tabletop battle game. Players build and paint little models of aliens, tanks and killer robots and then…
Boris 2029!
OK, it might sound a little fanciful, but hear me out. I think there could just be a way for Boris…
Are the Abraham Accords working?
Two years ago, UAE citizens were barred from entering Israel. No longer. The inaugural Emirates flight touched down in Tel…
Zelensky’s peculiar Glastonbury appearance
Volodymyr Zelensky didn’t quite make it onto the Glastonbury line-up posters. Perhaps Michael Eavis, the owner of ever-so Worthy Farm,…
Is Britain heading into a wage-price spiral?
Are wages about to spiral out of control? Boris Johnson certainly thinks there’s a risk. Last week he warned that…
What's the alternative to the Rwanda plan?
Last night, a Boeing 767 that was supposed to fly 130 asylum seekers to Rwanda returned to Spain without a…
Dinner parties are dying – and romance too
The death of the dinner party
Are you man enough to eat raw offal?
Real men eat raw offal
Don't make war in Ukraine about Putin’s mental health
There was a time when supposedly serious commentators on world affairs used to at least feign historical knowledge. They might…
