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The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
Dungeons & Dragons made me
Was I a pudgy kid clutching pencils and a dice, or Dar Strongrip exploring a cursed castle?
The curse of the SW1ers
We need people who can actually do things, not just be their beautiful selves
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
Reasons to be cheerful
A pessimist tries to summon up Christmas cheer
God of God, Light of Light
Christmas should point us towards the eternal truths of the Nicene Creed
Embrace uncool Britannia
Warhammer is a barnstorming British success, so why the lack of recognition?
Living in the Eighties
An exhibition of photos from a pivotal decade interests and exhausts
The Susie Green light
Businesses should not be legitimising the controversial CEO
Techno, bombs, and babushkas
A month travelling across Ukraine
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid