Can jokes in terrible taste ever be funny?
Wisecracks is clearly the work of an academic philosopher adept at teasing out fine distinctions between “offenses” and “harms”
All aboard the ship of self-improvement
Why did NYU withdraw its support before the Floating University had left port?
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
