Controversial claims to genius
The Genius Myth: The Dangerous Allure of Rebels, Monsters and Rule-Breakers by Helen Lewis
Age of influencers
Central European artists illuminated the national landscape in 1930s Britain
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?
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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
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
The meaning and meaninglessness of Makerfield
Andy Burnham has triumphed — but can he maintain his success?
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous