Labouring unloved
In the West we’ve yet to make the acknowledgment that overwork can be deadly, says Katrina Gulliver
A double American Awakening
Katrina Gulliver delves into two new publications entitled ‘American Awakening’, and discovers that one is an exhortation, the other an ironic description of the current process of politics and society
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
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