The lockdown’s founding myth
We’ve forgotten that the Imperial model didn’t even call for a full lockdown
Blown fusionism: is a common enemy enough?
Ed West, Small Men on the Wrong Side of History
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
Accusations of transphobia are pure misdirection
Barrister Robin Moira White has falsely accused the AEA of “transphobia” for defending women’s rights
Stop insisting the West is as bad as Russia
Critics of the democratic world are unwittingly spouting Kremlin propaganda
Who is feminism for?
A controversial new book argues that gender-critical feminism is bigger than the trans debate
The dead city
Romanticism rising from the rubble
The renewal of Englishness
Journalist James Cowley builds a national identity from an excavation of incidents
BBC butterflies
Trans charity Global Butterflies seems harmless — but are they really cuckoos in the nest?
Send in the spivs
War offers so much more in the way of profitable procurement than even the pandemic
Rich history of the revolutionary poor
When rebellion stalked the streets of London
Charge of the Lightweight Brigade
Into the valley of death rode the 358
He’s not the son of God
Cricket fans are the ultimate non-conformists