The veneration of Saint Jacinda
Ardern’s career is a foretaste of a quieter and less frightening world in which workplace feminism has triumphed
The long arm of the Chekists
This book is an apt metaphor for the state of freedom of speech in modern Britain
Sincerely ducking the hard questions
Nick Cohen reveals how this book, along with hundreds of political writers like him, ducks the reality of working class life
The end of the road
Nick Cohen has adopted a new workout: wrestling with a novel
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
Through a glass, darkly
Nick Cohen on the ill-starred but seductive love affair between writers and alcohol
Justice warriors
Nick Cohen says pounding the streets brings its own rewards
Round up the ordinary subjects
A free society cannot remain free if it implements the social justice movement’s bizarre ideology of vilifying ordinary people
The sin of pride
Nick Cohen blames testosterone for his latest sports injury
Glorious mud
Nick Cohen is badly bitten by the cross-country bug
Children aren’t pets
When did it become okay to degrade children?
Amis at 100: a master satirist without honour
It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all
New Labour, new danger?
25 years on from the 1997 election
We mustn’t repeal the Human Rights Act
The European Court of Human Rights is a necessary check against authoritarianism
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Works and Piano Sonatas
If you want an entry point to Weinberg, this is it
How do you solve a problem like the protocol?
The apotheosis of Johnsonism
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
It’s a 10 from me
Lunching at one of Soho’s finest as it celebrates a decade of unassuming excellence
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
The Curious Case of RS Archer
What is it about fake online identities that is so appealing?