Does Lucy Powell really think ‘knight’ is an obscure word?
Knight. Through. Rewarded. Adventure. Explosion. Ok, so I know Spectator readers are of above-average intelligence, and so hardly a representative…
Meet the new Education Secretary: she’s almost as bad as the last one
Andy Burnham may have booted the Starmerites out of the cabinet, but at the Department for Education, it’s a case…
In defence of midnight scrolling
What is the point of an overnight social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds? The government’s plan to compel tech…
JK Rowling is a national treasure, so why don’t we treat her like one?
There’s one member of the royal family that most women of a certain age would truly like to hang out…
The BBC’s kids’ shows are worse than what’s on YouTube
Booting children off YouTube so they can spend more time watching the BBC sounds wonderfully wholesome to a generation of…
The luvvies are out for Reform. Is anyone listening?
Brace yourself! Celebrities are on the march. As Keir Starmer’s premiership fades into irrelevance and Reform gears up to fight…
Why is Bridget Phillipson teaming up with a Towie star?
Once, a battle for the future of the Labour party meant serious politicians debating ideological differences through lengthy speeches. In…
The London school where pupils are fighting back against striking teachers
Moan all you like about Gen Z, but some of today’s youngsters put adults to shame. Take the pupils at…
The slow death of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
For the past few years, woke has been on life support. Back in 2020, police officers knelt for Black Lives…
Is it any wonder young people won’t fight for Britain?
President Trump has repeatedly threatened to withdraw the US from Nato. At home, Starmer refuses to say when the government’s…
The dangerous lesson from Australia’s social media ban
The panic about children and social media rumbles on. The Labour government’s national consultation on banning under-16s from Instagram and…
This study shatters the trans myth about mental health
‘Better a live daughter than a dead son.’ For years, this brutal phrase was delivered to the parents of gender-confused…
Children aren’t there to make parents happy
Does being a parent make people happy? Not according to a recent BBC investigation into ‘the women who regret being…
Transgender activists are at war with the Brownies
Say what you like about transgender activists, but they are certainly persistent. Legal judgements, institutional rule changes and moral pressure…
Is the Coldplay kisscam woman really a victim of sexism?
Remember the Coldplay kisscam couple? Loved-up Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot were caught embracing at a Boston concert, only to…
Is it cruel or kind to sign someone off work for anxiety?
Each batch of new statistics reveals the scale of Britain’s mental health crisis. This week, we learnt that the number…
Khamenei’s death has exposed the ugly side of British campuses
Why are students in British universities mourning Ayatollah Khamenei? The Iranian dictator’s death brought jubilant crowds of Jews and Persians…
Labour’s special educational needs reforms don’t add up
Does Bridget Phillipson think that every child has learning difficulties? The government’s long-overdue overhaul of provision for children with special…
Why isn’t Reform welcome on university campuses?
It’s been a while, but student censors are on the march once more. This time, they have Reform UK firmly…
David Cameron is right: spiteful Labour is wrecking our schools
Agreeing with David Cameron was not on my bingo card, but politics in 2026 is a funny old game, and…
Of course babies aren’t born with a ‘gender identity’
‘It’s a girl!’ New parents, after a long labour or at a mid-pregnancy scan, take huge joy from discovering the…
The civil service cares more about ‘trans equality’ than women
The Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of ‘woman’ is ‘biological female’ should have meant game over for trans…
Samuel Pepys’s school should be proud, not ashamed, of its ex-pupil
‘I know not how to abstain from reading,’ wrote Samuel Pepys back in the seventeenth century. Were he by some…
Stonewall’s collapse can’t come soon enough
At last, some good news: Stonewall, the charity behind so much of the gender insanity that has gripped Britain in…
Harry Potter doesn’t need a trigger warning
Take my advice and steer clear of your local university. It is not just the flu that’s spreading on campus.…
