“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Hubris of a scientific giant
The disgrace of Didier Raoult, the scientific giant who touted a worthless Covid “cure”
Falling into addiction
Drug addiction is not something that just happens to you
A crime gone tragically wrong
Which crimes go wonderfully right?
We apologise for the inconvenience to your journey
Against the neutralisation of harm
How not to solve a crime
The police’s dilatory response to a minor case exemplifies our national sclerosis
The TV boss who decides what you watch
Or does he?
See it, say it, sorted
The slogan is not only vulgar, but an implicit lie
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
