What makes a hero?
Today, our heroes are demi-gods with superhuman powers, genius detectives and, painful though it is to admit, activists
The writings of Lewis and Tolkien embody conservative environmentalism
The Conservative party were once the country party. They could be again. It might even net them some votes
Boris’s war on obesity will fail
The government’s new anti-obesity crusade will not tackle obesity, only obesity statistics
The war of Boris’s stomach
The sugar tax failed to make us eat less sugar. Will Boris’s plan be any different?
Fat people can’t be happy
The lies of ‘fat activists’ are making us unhappy and sick
We’re all funding Stonewall
How we’ve reached a point where the lobbyists are being bankrolled by those they’re lobbying
Doctor Who?
To save the next generation, don’t listen to the fans
Anonymity will not solve unconscious bias
How the double-blind peer review process will hinder scholarly output in the humanities
A Valhalla of remembrance
The National Memorial Arboretum is an ambitious landscape of trees and statuary — but does it work?
The final Buenos Aires diary
In his tenth diary entry, Dominic Hilton worries that the Argentine capital could become another Miami or Dubai if it were to get its act together
Long-form television it is, then
The home of mid-budgeted literate films aimed at adults is no longer at the cinema
Why are political donations suspect?
Donors pay twice: with their money and by having their reputations tarnished
Raab’s home truths
PMQs: Raab’s back from his holidays but not quite at home
Resurrect forgiveness
China’s surprising take on a celebrated parable reveals a growing global problem
“Watch me take a knife to your throat”
The erosion of academic freedom at LSE has culminated in threats of physical violence