Smugly bugged by Brexit
Lionel Shriver reviews Ian McEwan’s ‘The Cockroach’
The silent treatment
Physical “conversion therapy” is already illegal, so any new sanctions will be aimed at criminalising conversations
The coronavirus variations
Here are three of our most praised writers with new offerings written during one or more lockdowns and that also take in the pandemic in their subject matter
Woke Lush have done it again
The cosmetics shop is encouraging young women to bind their breasts
The drug war’s Neville Chamberlain
Decriminalising cannabis is the last thing London’s young people need
Fairgrounds, Franco, and the future of Spain
An author challenges her nation’s collective and individual self-deceptions
Hate is not a crime
Officers’ good intentions have been weaponised by unscrupulous whingers to muzzle their ideological opponents
Murders for January
While away the winter with would-be classics
The man who took the wrong flat white
We urgently need new rules for modern social etiquette
Watch what you say
Scotland’s blasphemy law means it’s just as well The Queen didn’t attend COP26
The diverse legacy of Robert Jervis
The death of Jervis is a huge loss for the study of international relations
The GenderBread Man is coming
Teeny little Global Butterflies is pushing for a new social order