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What is Oxfam’s beef with JK Rowling? Identity Politics

Lauren Smith

What is Oxfam’s beef with JK Rowling?

6th June 2023

The witch-hunt against the gender-critical author is out of control.

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Thom & Dale

The unbearable dullness of <em>The Little Mermaid</em> Culture

The unbearable dullness of The Little Mermaid

6th June 2023

Nick Tyrone

<em>What Is a Woman?</em> and the rise of liberal intolerance Free Speech

What Is a Woman? and the rise of liberal intolerance

6th June 2023

Andy Mayer

The madness of Labour’s oil and gas ban Politics

The madness of Labour’s oil and gas ban

5th June 2023

Brendan O'Neill

All great truths begin as blasphemies Books

All great truths begin as blasphemies

5th June 2023

Tom Slater

The war on disinformation is really a war on dissent Editorial

The war on disinformation is really a war on dissent

4th June 2023

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Brendan O'Neill

Brendan O'Neill

All great truths begin as blasphemies

Tom Slater

Tom Slater

The war on disinformation is really a war on dissent

Rakib Ehsan

Rakib Ehsan

The rebirth of Luton

Julie Burchill

Julie Burchill

The toughness and stoicism of Tina Turner

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Last Orders

Will Britain ever legalise drugs? Podcasts

Will Britain ever legalise drugs?

Plus: the problem with health warnings on alcohol.

3rd June 2023

The spiked podcast

Kathleen Stock’s fight for free speech Podcasts

Kathleen Stock’s fight for free speech

2nd June 2023

The Brendan O’Neill Show

There’s nothing left-wing about wokeness Podcasts

There’s nothing left-wing about wokeness

1st June 2023

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Will we ever learn the truth about Covid? Covid-19

Will we ever learn the truth about Covid?

4th June 2023
Phillip Schofield and the dark side of daytime TV UK

Phillip Schofield and the dark side of daytime TV

3rd June 2023

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Norman Lewis

The problem with AI apocalypticism Long-reads

The problem with AI apocalypticism

4th June 2023

Michael Collins

The Pet Shop Boys and the exhaustion of pop Long-reads

The Pet Shop Boys and the exhaustion of pop

27th May 2023

Heather Mac Donald

The cancellation of classical music Long-reads

The cancellation of classical music

20th May 2023

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Ian Acheson

‘Diversity, equity and inclusion’ is corroding the civil service Politics

‘Diversity, equity and inclusion’ is corroding the civil service

5th June 2023

Rakib Ehsan

The rebirth of Luton UK

The rebirth of Luton

5th June 2023

Kotkin & Mahlobo

Why Africa is turning its back on the eco-obsessed West World

Why Africa is turning its back on the eco-obsessed West

4th June 2023

Mick Hume

Why Boris’s WhatsApps should stay private Covid-19

Why Boris’s WhatsApps should stay private

2nd June 2023
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Get your signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book Books

Get your signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book

23rd May 2023

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EVENT: Brendan O’Neill’s book launch Event

EVENT: Brendan O’Neill’s book launch

18th May 2023

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Introducing… Brendan O’Neill’s new book! Books

Introducing… Brendan O’Neill’s new book!

18th May 2023

Culture

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Fraser Myers

Tim Minchin is right: cancel culture is ‘psychopathic’ Free Speech

Tim Minchin is right: cancel culture is ‘psychopathic’

5th June 2023

Simon Evans

The Two Minutes Hate against Matty Healy Culture

The Two Minutes Hate against Matty Healy

1st June 2023

Julie Burchill

The toughness and stoicism of Tina Turner Culture

The toughness and stoicism of Tina Turner

31st May 2023

Michael Crowley

<em>The Gallows Pole</em>: a hunger for freedom Culture

The Gallows Pole: a hunger for freedom

31st May 2023