Archives
Bored of these things
Boris the Grey takes to the road, and Rishi Baggins discovers a ring of invisibility
The debunker’s delusion
Fact-checking and anti-disinformation have fallen victim to the disease they sought to eradicate
Houellebecq, joy and Jesus
A morbid pessimist reminds us of the purity of faith
Cambridge in decline?
Censorious tendencies have not conquered the university yet
Make the Equality Act clear
Dissenting politicians have embarrassed themselves
Awe-inspiring shamelessness
Michael Gove fails the test
Paradise lost?
The decline of freedom in Malaysia
Declining figures
British museums and galleries have yet to recover from Covid.
Going large
The trauma of body-fat scales
Words can never hurt?
A new satire skewers the publishing industry
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
Not everyone should be in therapy
Over-medicalisation hurts the healthy and the suffering alike
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents
