2019 was the worst year for British retail in 25 years. Credit: Getty

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The real reason why the high street is dying The future looks bleak for UK retailers

Monday, January 13

Roger Scruton’s quiet heroism The philosopher was a beacon of hope for marginalised conservatives

Why we must take up Roger Scruton’s mantle The philosopher's work belongs to the future

Imogen Sinclair

Is China turning pink? A new pro LGBT advert suggests that a more progressive China is emerging

Sunday, January 12

WATCH: Sir Roger Scruton on the importance of Beauty A programme from 2015 in which philosopher sets out to defend beauty

Saturday, January 11

A road trip into the spirit world A Cain and Abel tale of fraternal tension

Mary Harrington

Friday, January 10

Conservatives, stop kidding yourselves about ‘viewpoint diversity’ It is an underdog argument deployed by the losing side

Mary Harrington

Meghan’s liberalism ignores the importance of family Turbo-charged with celebrity, it holds out the fantasy that you can make it on your own

Is this the decade individualism dies? Older voices are turning away from 'boomer values' in favour of a more co-operative world

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, January 9

Did Twitter anti-diplomacy prevent war with Iran? Among his many skills, Trump is the master practitioner of social media

Why liberals can’t understand English pride The sense of Englishness was heightened among those who voted for Brexit

Polyamory is just a sly way to make cheating seem virtuous I can't imagine anything worse than being told its wrong to mind

Wednesday, January 8

Ursula von der London The EU President focused on the one bit of Britain that Brussels never had to worry about

WATCH: Tory MPs erupt into cheers as Margaret Thatcher is mentioned Will voters in northern ex-mining towns feel as warmly?

Can churches solve Britain’s age segregation problem? They provide one of the few opportunities for different generations to mix

Mary Harrington

Here’s a better idea for reforming Whitehall It's not about re-organising departments, it's about dedicated teams

Tuesday, January 7

Let’s hear it for the Left-wing regressives! All this talk of progress among Labour hopefuls is missing the point

What’s minimalism trying to hide? Minimalist products depend on a maximalist production chain — and that chain is exploitative and wasteful

Let’s re-do the Political Studies Association awards Here are five alternative winners for 2019...

Monday, January 6

Ricky Gervais is a fool — in all the right ways The comedian's stinging criticism of the Hollywood elite takes a stand against 'anti-comedy'

Are human rights overtaking democracy? Lord Sumption raises important questions about the mission creep of human rights

Lisa Nandy on social conservatism and Dominic Cummings The Labour leadership contender spoke to UnHerd about how communities can protect their culture

Saturday, January 4

Studying Classics shouldn’t be an elite pursuit People forget the long tradition of working class study of the Classics

Mary Harrington

Friday, January 3

Watch: Yarom Hazony in a fiery debate on nationalism The academic locks horns with columnist Bret Stephens at Princeton University

Conservatives should capture the Green movement It's time to re-discover the long-lost conservative environmentalist tradition

Thursday, January 2

Green means going local in globalised Vancouver A sign in a pile of potatoes saying 'BC first' taught me a lot...

Can patriotism be progressive? A seemingly innocuous statement has triggered a heated debate on the Left

Wednesday, January 1

Race is a bad way to target a scholarship — black or white Once you start going down the road of dividing people by their race, there's no going back

Will China end America’s culture wars? China is one thing that unites American conservatives and liberals

Tuesday, December 31

The top 5 climbers and fallers in the world of ideas From trade wars to identity politics, the 2010s was an interesting decade...

Mary Harrington

If Labour want help with patriotism, they should read Orwell

Monday, December 30

Greens need to starting talking solutions The Today programme should give a platform to someone like Michael Liebreich