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
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
