America is divided on Taiwan
That might be a good thing
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Keep prisoners of war off social media
Social media platforms are incentivising war crimes
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Labour’s looming constitutional vandalism
A Labour landslide will complete the Blairite destruction of Britain’s unique constitution
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
