Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
Confidently Cantonese
Chowing down in the Royal China
A real education
We need a revolution in the way we teach, the curriculum, extracurriculars and funding
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
Newspeak
Language, landscapes and level crossings — is there nothing we can’t diversify, if we only dare to try?
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
The paranoid style in British centrism
Disinformation journalists? The call is coming from inside the house
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Against beautiful losers
We must lose our attachment to the good-natured failure
