The social media moral panic
There is rarely much to commend Keir Starmer for. But on Monday he blocked an amendment to the schools bill which would have required…
The uncomfortable truth about the new Mental Health Act
Three years ago, Nottingham University students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, along with caretaker Ian Coates, were murdered by Valdo…
‘Yes, it’s that bad’: inside Oxford’s Saïd Business School
How do you get into the University of Oxford? It is a question asked by thousands of young people every…
Labour is backing down on child transition
Wilson is said to have claimed that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. Not for the civil servants…
The Chinese takeover of Britain’s public schools
Roedean is now known as ‘Beijing High’. Cheltenham Ladies’ College is ‘Hong Kong College’. In the country’s most elite boarding…
Sandie Peggie and a chilling step backwards for women’s rights
A woman confronts a biological man in a female changing room. She is later found to have harassed him because…
Are you too cool for marriage?
The term ‘spinster’ doesn’t seem to scare young women like it once might have. In fact, it is rarely heard…
Are refugees really worth £266,000 each to the UK economy?
Refugees could contribute £266,000 each to the UK economy: that’s the claim made by the Together with Refugees coalition and…
Revealed: the bias of the BBC News app
The most influential person in British media is not Rupert Murdoch or Lord Rothermere – it’s the editor who pushes…
Labour has surrendered to the quangocracy
After 16 months of this Labour government, it’s easy to catalogue the litany of bad decisions made by ministers. The…
Why Jess Phillips can’t confront the reality of grooming gangs
In May 2015, the newly elected MP for Birmingham Yardley gave her maiden speech in the House of Commons. Jess…
‘Trump isn’t easy’: Piers Morgan on his friends – and foes
When I meet Piers Morgan, he warns me he’s glued to the ‘moment in history’ happening on his TV screens…
Is the grooming gang inquiry headed for a whitewash?
Keir Starmer did not want to hold an inquiry into grooming gangs. He did everything that he could to ignore the…
What has Hollywood done to Wuthering Heights?
‘Come undone’, the billboard reads. Two hands are clasped together. On another a blonde-haired woman lies prone on a fuzzy…
Could you fall in love with a chatbot?
Jason, 45, has been divorced twice. He’d always struggled with relationships. In despair, he consulted ChatGPT. At first, it was…
Why Generation Woke loves romantasy
When the willowy human Feyre meets the faerie Tamlin in A Court of Thorns and Roses (known as ACOTAR by…
Tsunami hits Hawaii and US mainland
Tsunami alerts were triggered this morning across the Pacific after an earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The quake, one…
The Online Safety Act and Labour’s ‘ancient’ institutions
After Reform promised to repeal the Online Safety Act, it didn’t take long for Labour to defend internet censorship. ‘And…
Museums like the V&A shouldn’t be allowed to return ‘looted’ treasures
Henry Cole, the first director of what would become the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), could never have imagined that…
A grooming gang inquiry will expose Labour’s guilty men
Sir Keir Starmer claimed in January that those who were concerned about the systematic rape and abuse of little girls…
The next front in the gender wars
April’s Supreme Court judgment ought to have been the final nail in the coffin for transgender ideology. The belief that…
King’s College Cambridge is wrong to cut ties with arms firms
Who says that student activism is pointless? Setting up a tent, donning a keffiyeh, and camping out on your university’s…
Gender ideology is still dictating NHS policy
The NHS have decided that there is no minimum age before a child can begin treatment for gender dysphoria. Freedom…
What is the Tate Modern for?
Twenty-five years ago today, the Tate Modern first opened its doors to the public. The main attraction: a nine metre-high…
Ministers must now stand up for women’s rights
The highest court in the land was set the task of determining: what is a woman? Today it gave its…
