Alice Cockerell
Bored to tiers
Alice Cockerell proposes a drinking game to help deal with those who can’t stop talking about Covid-19
Title Dodgers
It’s not just Harry and Meghan who have dropped their titles
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change