The Real Animal Farm
My visit to the village that inspired George Orwell’s classic tale.
Andrew Doyle
Reflections on politics, culture and the arts
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Andrew Doyle on Geoff Norcott’s podcast
We discuss heatwaves, welfare policies and much more!
The Art of the Smear
How to make a defamatory accusation without ever quite saying it.
Rod Liddle versus the Literal-Minded
The inability to recognise a joke is becoming a defining feature of our political age.
Government ‘prebunking’: the latest threat to free speech
Andrew Doyle joins Toby Young for the Free Speech Union podcast.
The curious case of Jason Arday
When identity politics takes precedence over academic standards, universities cease to fulfil their purpose.
Why tyrants hate jokes
From Caesar to Stalin, rulers have revealed their true character by how they respond to mockery.
Five ways to tell if you’re an authoritarian
The greatest threat to liberty comes from instincts we all share.
The government report that wants to ‘inoculate’ you against wrongthink
Andy Burnham has been handed a blueprint for combating ‘misinformation’ through psychological manipulation.
Ann Widdecombe showed more tolerance than her vilifiers ever did
Those who celebrate murder have forgotten what it means to be human.
Why are women and gay men backing a movement that undermines their own rights?
The fiercest advocates of gender identity ideology are often those with the most to lose from it.
Axe: Stories That Cut Deep
A new anthology
The trouble with Citizen Vigilante
It’s not the politics. It’s the preaching.
How trans activists took over children’s books
A new report exposes how ideology has been smuggled into classrooms and libraries.
Is the Scottish Prison Service breaking the law?
A judge has ruled that housing male prisoners in the female estate is unlawful. But for now, the policy remains in place.
The excuses made for the Filton 4
Criminal damage and sledgehammer attacks are not legitimate forms of protest. It is remarkable that this needs to be said.
The evidence for two-tier policing
The police guidance is unambiguous and publicly available, so why do so many commentators continue to deny what it says?
Henry Nowak and the politics of deflection
Rather than confront the failures of the police, much of the media has chosen to focus on those expressing outrage over the case.
When cancel culture backfires
The grandees of French cinema accused their industry’s chief patron of fascism. Now they seem surprised that he no longer wants to hire them.
The tantrum over single-sex spaces
The furious reaction to the EHRC’s guidance reveals a movement unable to accept legal and biological reality.
The return of gay conversion therapy
The UK government wants to bring back the medicalisation of same-sex attracted people.
The art of admitting our mistakes
…and why the refusal to do so has become one of the defining features of modern politics.