Jessica Mann
No More Shrinking
There are many reasons for a dearth of women in the upper echelons of the media, but female writers first have to toughen up
Crimes Against Fiction
Crime-writers are encouraged to fill their pages with sadistic misogyny because it sells
When Planning Rules Go Batty
The interplay between planning rules and the rights of protected species is the perfect example of legislation having the opposite effect from what was intended
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics