Danger: semantic engineers at work
The institutionalisation of gender-neutral language is designed to change how we think, feel and act
The classroom culture war
Saving education from the forces that wish to politicise it is one the most important cultural challenges of our time
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Grey expectations
Saving England’s native red squirrel will require harsh measures
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?