Ben Munster
Ben Munster is a Rome-based writer with work in the New Yorker and the Financial Times. He tweets at @Ben_Munster
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Scullionbait 2: This Time It’s Intersectional
Academics are attacked and AI goes intersectional
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression