Braving the woke mob is a prisoner’s dilemma
Nicholas Shackel, a Professor of Philosophy at University of Cardiff, explains how to turn the prisoner’s dilemma into the free speaker’s game
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Sorry, not sorry
Sincere apologies require a shared set of values
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
In defence of Elon Musk
Open debate might be messy but it is essential
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
