Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Twists of the tongue
When competing languages collide, demography eventually supersedes prestige
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
After the Cass Review
Our elected politicians need more independence from partial lobbyists
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
Go woke, go broke?
The collapse of Vice Media is a story of an American left — aggressive, iconoclastic, irreverent — that no longer exists
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
