Arif Ahmed
Arif Ahmed teaches philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
Turning students into weapons
The control of free speech at universities is a first step on a path towards totalitarianism
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Can we save our parish churches?
It will take cultural as well as institutional change
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise