Archives
Degrading Dickens
How the BBC lowered expectations
EDI contra science
The misuse of “ethics” in academic research
So close, so far
Pilvi Takala’s breaching experiments
A devil to relish
The stories that tell us that women are damned if they play the game of sexual availability and just as doomed if they don’t
The Revolution’s shadow
How did conflict affect British politics?
The curious decline of the charismatic criminal
What happened to a classic British institution?
Something in the way Xi moves
We should engage the CCP instead of being intimidated
The Conservatives have failed conservatism
The family should have been paramount among concerns
Don’t make Iran the new Ukraine
American hawks are pushing for war with Tehran
Gods of the gantry
Motson’s death has reminded us of the enduring power of good commentary
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
