Stonewall take another hostage
The head of Ofcom thinks it’s “extremely inappropriate” to have guests that disagree with trans activists
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
