Seamus Flaherty
Seamus Flaherty is a writer and researcher.
Flawed analysis of illiberal culture
d’Ancona is guilty of the same kind of arrogance and bad faith he identifies in other liberals
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
Religious freedom is back on the agenda
The International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill, currently before parliament, is an important step for securing Britain’s role in promoting religious liberty
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought