Katrina Gulliver
Katrina Gulliver is writing a history of urban life. Follow her on twitter @katrinagulliver
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
Turning the tables on coercion?
Lord Walney’s report on political extremism is valuable if flawed
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
The pitfalls of protecting beliefs
Parties should have the right to make foolish decisions about what ideas to exclude
Communitarianism hits the ballot box
The local elections provided a glimpse of a future where voting is divided by ethnicity
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
When the Left thought free trade meant peace
Socialists, communists and liberals were united by a conviction that free trade could, and would, promote democracy and justice
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
Who hears the voiceless?
Leaving unborn children without legal protections would be an ethical disgrace
The gambling suicides myth
The rate of deaths caused by gambling has been foolishly exaggerated