The gentrification of Drill
The bleak origins of Drill music shouldn’t be forgotten
Christopher Hitchens’s War
Commentators used 9/11 to keep framing the world as liberty versus totalitarianism
Funny old priorities
Why did Sarah Hussein’s death not attract anything like the interest in Sarah Everard?
Laughing laureate of Western decline
Michel Houellebecq’s prescient, mocking critiques of our debased modern world
The Polish Government’s animal welfare plans have created a political crisis
Poland votes to ban fur farming and ritual slaughter
Blame the Critic
Whose fault is acting essentialism?
A fistful of Gandhis
The condescending contrivances of diversified dosh
Saying racists are racist is better than more silence
Twitter bans and self-denying ordinances won’t erase anti-semitism
Less is more
Higher Education maintains an elevated status because little respect is given to alternatives
Germany’s Red Army Faction
Ominous parallels between 1970s West Germany and Britain today
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Jam, Jute, journalism, Japanese design
There is a lot more to see and enjoy in Dundee than London reviewers suggested
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
