Schrödinger’s sex binary
We have to resist the mass gaslighting of women and girls
Misappropriating motherhood
La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
The problem with the Celtic Fringe
Devolution has proved to be a disastrous mistake
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Artificially Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material is not a victimless crime
The often-raised theory that AI-CSAM is harmless or can even make children safer, must be quashed
Posh pinks
Upscale rosés sans biodynamic woo-woo, please
Pathetic fallacy? Pathetic government
Sunak’s sad announcement was miserably symbolic of Conservative failure
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
It isn’t ageist to want Joe Biden to drop out
People are concerned about his condition, not his age
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
