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The tyranny of beauty
We all enjoy a looker, but that does not justify rampant discrimination
No place on the ARC for environmentalism
Stewardship of nature is a proper and appealing conservative cause
A history of the world set in stone
Popular geology writing is as old as the geological sciences themselves
The spectre of suicide
Against the weaponisation of youthful suffering
Questions in the case of Indi Gregory
Was the evidence, and the law, as clear as it seemed?
The sugar tax leaves a bitter taste
The evidence for an effect on health is dubious to non-existent
The Domino Effect
1960s geopolitics, propaganda and the Vietnam War
Against Christianity’s cultured admirers
Faith is far more than worldly fulfilment and success
The objectification of Britney Spears
The Women in Me is a powerful and disturbing perspective on misogyny
Eat on the wild side
A lamentation on the bland American diet
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
