Letter to a young Corbynista
Caring about the poor means voting for capitalism
How the British left condoned the murder of millions
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‘My life in a gulag’: The horror of Stalin’s prison camps
A conversation with one of the last survivors of Stalin’s camps
What explains the idiocy of the liberal elite? It’s their education
What explains the silliness of the liberal elite? Their education
Mark Carney has to go. Here’s why
The Bank of England governor’s ‘forward guidance’ is reliably wrong. His other interventions are even worse
Britain’s great divide
Brexit has exposed a huge rift between the metropolitan elite and the rest
Why the Spanish may be better off without a government
The Spanish seem to be doing better without one
Britain needs a museum of communist terror
We need a museum to help us remember that
No golf, no bridge, scared of champagne – it’s tough being a leftie
No golf, no bridge, a tortured relationship with champagne… lefties deserve your sympathy, not your scorn
The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
The one thing most people think they know about economics is wrong
Where’s all the joy gone?
Britain seems to be suffering from a dearth of lightheartedness
I invented ‘virtue signalling’. Now it’s taking over the world
I invented the term ‘virtue signalling’ in The Spectator. Now it seems to be taking over the world
How British universities spread misery around the world
From Greece to Kenya, the worst economic ideas come from alumni of British universities
The awful rise of 'virtue signalling'
Why do the right thing when you can simply say the right thing?
James Bartholomew's diary: Give up the Today programme - you'll feel better
It’s amusing to see serious journalists and authors struggling to use Twitter under instruction from their newspapers and publishers. They…
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The best moment during my trip around America was at a charter school in San Lorenzo, California. Talking to a…
Secrets of Singapore
They learned from us – now we need to learn from them
Vote for happiness
More democracy, new research indicates, really does make you feel better
Krona capitalism
Sweden was a socialist dreamland. But then it woke up
Legitimate question
In Tokyo, hardly any children are born out of wedlock. The reasons for this are a challenge to western complacency
Swiss welfare runs like clockwork
There is plenty to learn from the way healthcare, education and social security are managed in Switzerland, says James Bartholomew
The death of decency
James Bartholomew on why bravery, kindness, modesty, generosity and restraint are fast disappearing from Britain — but not from George Bush’s America
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