Why I hate drones
I have a plan for my old age. Now that we all might live for a century or so, feeling…
The kids aren’t ‘trans’ – they just don’t want to grow up
If we rule out the notion that people have ‘gendered souls’ at odds with their biological sex – and we…
Dr Jean Twenge: Gen Z aren’t OK
Dr Jean Twenge on why teenagers are so unhappy
I know how AI will bring us down
On the smooth marble concourse by the exit doors at Heathrow Airport I met my first cleaning robot. It was…
Here’s why the NHS is broken
I was having tea with my neighbour in her second-floor flat when a man, a stranger, appeared in the room.…
Lessons in parenting – from the French
I am actively contributing to the decline of the West and to the collapse of our civilisation. I realised this…
Beware the AI voice thieves
After years of blissful indifference, finally I’m scared of AI. I’ve been complacent, slept soundly beside my husband as he…
Is your child a cake?
It was announced last week that another gender has been added to the list: nominalgender. Most news sites reported this…
I know where the Met police are going wrong
I have a puzzle for the Metropolitan police – a mystery that only they can solve. Why, if the Met…
Don’t medicalise tomboys
When the mist lifts and we can see clearly the carnage caused by the trans madness, and we blink and…
Real memories aren’t ‘made’
If I could make a new year’s resolution for everyone in the English–speaking world, it would be that we all…
How Pope Benedict persuaded me to become a Catholic
I grew up in a traditional English family, surrounded by cousins, chivvied by aunts, presided over by my grandmother, who…
The greatest threat to Holy Island since the Vikings
It’s hard to explain how sad it will be if, after Christmas, Defra officials ban fishing on Holy Island, also…
There’s nothing magic about magic mushrooms
For about six straight hours after taking magic mushrooms – psilocybin – I had visions of a vast, skeletal shark…
In defence of Elon Musk
I know a man who plans to burn an effigy of Elon Musk on his bonfire on 5 November. Musk…
Why can’t I give blood?
I read about the national shortage of blood last week with a feeling of gloomy inevitability. The brains of the…
Why are so many young women buying into polygamy?
The saddest thing I saw this week was a dating advert written by a woman – let’s call her Jane…
Kill badgers to save hedgehogs
Until last month I hadn’t seen a hedgehog for close to 30 years, though they were part of everyday life…
How kindness became big business
In those moments when I most fear that the West is on the skids, I find it helps to make…
Remembering Gore Vidal
Fourteen years ago, my then boss, Matt d’Ancona sent me off to interview Gore Vidal. I’ll always be grateful to…
The joy of volcano-chasing
Mary Wakefield on Katia and Maurice Krafft, who loved volcanoes and each other
Parents must resist Stonewall’s gospel
I think by now it’s becoming horribly apparent to parents of every political persuasion that we can’t sit out the…
If only Tom Cruise would ditch his cult
I keep reading that Tom Cruise is the Last Great Movie Star, as if he’s some noble but endangered animal.…
The nonsense world of emotional support animals
Sometimes an event or a phenomenon is so perplexing and so terrible that it’s best not to deal with it…
How did we fall for the junk science of forensics?
I grew up in the golden age of forensic science, at a time when expert witnesses were becoming celebs, each…
