Liberalism

Francis Fukuyama on Ukraine, liberalism and identity politics

22 March 2022 3:00 am

This week, Sam Leith spoke to Francis Fukuyama – the author of ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ and…

The Pope's merciless war against the Old Rite

17 July 2021 10:58 pm

I am going to have to boil this down as crudely as I can, because it’s a complex subject with a…

Starmer will regret his submission to liberal intolerance

7 April 2021 3:15 am

Keir Starmer obviously regrets visiting Jesus House last week because of the furore it has caused in his own party.…

The left's illiberal turn

13 March 2021 4:18 am

In the House of Lords this week, Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green party said she thought that a way…

How to be ‘liberal’, according to the ancients

6 February 2021 9:00 am

Certain parts of academia seem to wish to turn the study of classics away from a historical, language- and evidence-based…

The rise and fall of Netflix

28 December 2020 7:00 pm

In 2010, Jeff Bewkes, then CEO of Time Warner, was asked if he thought Netflix had any chance of taking…

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The fight for liberalism

20 December 2020 2:12 am

The world has many island nations, and sometimes the United States counts itself among them. We have water on either side of us,…

Soft-left squatters have taken over the Lib Dems

28 November 2020 9:00 am

I was never afraid of Jeremy Corbyn, never afraid of Momentum. I’ve never really feared Britain’s hard left at all.…

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Is liberalism really a mental illness?

16 September 2020 9:22 am

Conservative pundits like Michael Savage and Mark Dice like to ruffle feathers by claiming that liberalism is a mental disorder.…

Are liberal conservatives now history?

5 September 2020 9:00 am

It was a luminous late August sunset, and we were in France, dining outdoors with some friends who have a…

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Where can patriotic Americans find America?

21 July 2020 9:35 am

If we’ve confirmed anything in 2020, it is that liberal-progressives really do control the major influencers in America. This puts…

In defence of liberalism: resisting a new era of intolerance

13 June 2020 9:00 am

Our public figures must rediscover the true spirit of liberty

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Will coronavirus revive liberalism — or deliver it a fatal blow?

24 March 2020 5:13 am

Politicians, said the historian A.J.P. Taylor, do not create the current of events. They can only float along with them…

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The weak response to coronavirus is a symptom of the decay of the liberal state

17 March 2020 6:54 am

This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. If COVID-19 spreads in the United States…

The ruthless Romanovs’ horrible history

30 January 2016 9:00 am

It’s hard to tell at times who came off worst in Romanov Russia — the tsar or his subjects, says Adam Zamoyski

Why calling for an ‘Islamic Reformation’ is lazy and historically illiterate

7 February 2015 9:00 am

What’s wrong with calls for an ‘Islamic Reformation’

How America’s right wing is becoming a lot more like Britain’s

22 November 2014 9:00 am

America’s right wing is becoming a lot more like Britain’s

The fight for your life is now raging

2 November 2013 9:00 am

If the Assisted Dying Bill goes through, how will we stop terminally ill people from feeling pressured to hasten their own deaths?

It’s not hate that Caitlin Moran can’t stand. It’s being disagreed with

10 August 2013 9:00 am

Hell, it’s been tough, but I think I’ve pulled through. I went out this morning to buy some cigarettes and…