Love, work and whimsy
MacDonald Gill’s poster for the Empire Marketing Board helped promote a nation at the height of its powers
The Critic’s Perpetual Drinking Calendar
Full of events and individuals worthy of toasting for every day of the year
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
