Slang vs Woke: the final judgment
Everyone wants what should be. But there is no “should be”. There is only what is.
Such, such were the goys
Jonathon Green says the xenophobic 1920s novels that inspired his lifelong love of literature should not be cancelled
Despising all that they hold dear
Politics is but a subset; the true villain is belief, says Jonathon Green of Jonathan Meades’s new release
Fair dinkum dictionary
Jonathon Green wonders if, despite this being a fascinating book, the author has set herself up for defeat
You talkin’ to me? Fuhgeddaboudit!
E. J. White’s book on the history of New York English is not the first on the subject, but it goes a long way in explaining the evolution of the city’s unique linguistics
Crooked compendium
Ms Lees offers a new take on the template, but she is walking a well-trodden path
An awful warning
Ainsworth’s fate was sealed not how he wrote but what he placed at the heart of his stories
P is for Plum Pudding
Jonathon Green reviews A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
