Happy to be a heretic
Difference is not betrayal and opinions are not violence
Playing nice hasn’t worked
Even when I keep quiet about being cancelled, the censors don’t invite me back
The diversity trap
Stonewall’s diktats create a workplace culture that scares and silences sensible people
How to survive Twitter
Shame, anonymity and never saying sorry
The pornification of everything
In today’s dating market, women who would prefer porn practices kept out of their bedrooms have little negotiating power
Doctor doesn’t know best
Non-binary blarney in Killarney
Hard lessons in life
Novel gender identities and orientations allow people to claim to be oppressed without suffering any hardship
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
