How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free enquiry and free expression
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too