Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Beyond mental health awareness
The roots of better mental health may lie deeper than we are willing to admit
The limits of vengeance
We should be careful to avoid natural outrage inspiring irrationality
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
For the love of Juche
Inside the sad world of North Korea apologists
In praise of perseverance
Satisfaction comes through effort and resolve
Are you not entertained?
The emptiness of popular culture
United in hatred
America’s crisis of legitimacy
On mentioning the war
What’s behind our obsession with World War 2?
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Struggles of an ageing matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
