David Beer
David Beer is Professor of Sociology at the University of York.
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
Blairism at its most zealous
The Labour manifesto is a recipe for bland bureaucratic managerialism
Killing the good Samaritans
In the face of monstrous violence, we are losing control of our public spaces
Gender and Josef K.
How it feels to be accused of crimes that don’t exist
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands
J.K. Rowling does it again
Why does one woman’s opinion cause so much outrage?
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
Gove away
Sentimental tributes to the outgoing Tory overstate his political virtues