The Curious Case of RS Archer
What is it about fake online identities that is so appealing?
Can our duties set us free?
Jacob Phillips’ new book challenges the assumption that freedom lies in unconstraint
The Klitschkos’ greatest fight
The boxing brothers are proving their mettle in the battle against Putin
#BeautifulUkraine
The Ukrainians have launched the greatest PR operation of our times
Slaves to bad history
The battle for academic rigour at the home of the Scottish Enlightenment
The trouble with tradition
On the foetid fantasies of the fogeys
Vibe check: lit or cheugy? #fyp
Zarah Sultana and the rise of the MP influencer
Been there, read that
Can we leave old books alone?
Christopher Hitchens: the last cool columnist
Ten years on from Hitchens’s death, the past seems more foreign than ever
Sacred calves
Parental regret should be taboo — because the children might be listening
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
Alastair Campbell’s gender neutral nonsense
Alastair Campbell might not care about single-sex spaces, but women do
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
