Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try and subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
The conservative case for socialism?
Sohrab Ahmari’s anti-business prescriptions fail to convince
Feminism’s dangerous false utopia
The modern battle for women’s rights has now fallen prey to a self-defeating brand of power politics
A levelling down agenda
An attempt to boost school diversity has lowered standards
Can science hold all the answers?
Revisiting the thinkers who challenged the scientific method’s claims to have a monopoly on the truth and offer privileged access to reality
Critical theory is dead
And theory itself has killed it
The false choice of feminism
The secret to liberation is becoming a man
A vision of victimhood
Feminists have to do better in the fight against trans ideology
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
Pissed Ofcom
An affront to the freedom of the press to do whatever it likes
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
Posh pinks
Upscale rosés sans biodynamic woo-woo, please
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
A stern telling-off
Rachel Reeves has had enough of these misbehaving Tories
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes
The students are revolting
Far too many young people are sheltered from the real world by their university education
Music for a disintegrating world
Valentin Silvestrov: Widmung, Postludium (Naxos)
D stands for disgrace
He’ll start the defeat from right here
Did we get Brexit done?
Brexit is unfinished, yes, but the potential is enormous
