Whites and wrongs
Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Cultural Violence and Cultural Restitution (Pluto Press)
Criminal insanity
Nigel Biggar reviews Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, by John Lloyd
Not just democracy
Hong Kong protestors are fighting for British-style institutions
Labour of love
Spring is an essential time in wine production
Is the situation in Ukraine comparable to the siege of Leningrad?
There are more similarities than differences
Mansplaining womanhood
What is a woman? What are they for? Do they have souls? Men may never know, as that might involve asking a woman her opinion
The monster that lurks within us
The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel
The Queen’s Jubilee Book List: why did they bother?
The choices show a lack of levity, imagination and courage
Our golden age
Today’s jockeys are the best ever
A very British crank
Bertrand Russell is almost too familiar a figure to be worth remembering
Should puberty be optional?
Girls deserve a better deal growing up — but avoiding puberty isn’t the answer
A hidden horror
Rakib’s Britain: Domestic abuse is happening behind closed doors — and within closed cultures
Are U.S. sports actually superior to ours?
Sport is another thing to confirm the notion of American exceptionalism
Arise, Sir Wayne
The trickle of sporting knighthoods has now become a flood — who will be next?