The hidden trauma of identity politics
How did identity come to be political and cultural ground zero?
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion