Daniel Hitchens
Outsider values
“The dispute over Parkfield’s “No Outsiders” scheme shows that some people are eager for the state to take over”
Both Ancient and Avant-Garde
A new expanded edition of E.E. Cummings’s Collected Poems demonstrates that, despites his brief sojourns in the avant-garde, the poet always found his way to a profound simplicity
High Priest of Poetry
Taller When Prone by Les Murray
Big Cyril’s Secrets
The late Sir Cyril Smith is solid proof that fat men are not always harmless men
The slippery slope to death by doctor’s order
The Royal College of Physicians’ decision to end its opposition to assisted dying is morally indefensible and gives a green light to activists
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say