An anaconda in the chandelier?
Benedict Rogers’ new book maps the vast network of repression propped up by China’s regime
De-educating Britain
Peter Hitchens’ new book details how the destruction of grammar schools has betrayed children from modest backgrounds
Challenging abortion shouldn’t be a crime
Shutting down pro-life protest restricts women’s freedom
Professor Gopal has the Varsity blues
Fighting antisemitism is not a “conflict of interest”
Vince Cable’s troubling views on China
Why is Cable so keen to deny the vast ethnic prejudices of the Chinese regime?
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
Just show me the money
A body that collects authors’ revenues is going off-book and asking about their gender
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
In defence of the right to addictions
Paternalists should stop masquerading as defenders of liberty
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
Pro-parent policies can raise birth rates
Practical change can help people to have as many children as they want
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
AI and the great data robbery
Silicon Valley has stolen huge amounts of original material in order to “train” its GPT models
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Not amused: Victoria in her own words
Beneath the excitable phrases and endless underlining, Victoria’s correspondence doggedly promoted a coherent policy
