The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
Fear, loathing and revolution
Was Alexis de Tocqueville the first social scientist?
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Young people are not as pro-immigration as you think
The idea that young people are uniformly “woke” is a silly myth
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
