Books
Murders for October
A cornucopia of killings
More like a lecture
“Lessons” is Ian McEwan at his worst
A chip on his shoulder
The diaries of Chips Channon
King Charles’s ruthless revenge
Whilst the traitors are swiftly rounded up and dispatched, a handful remain at large
Violence against history
An aggressively one-sided book
The upside of the bubonic plague
Historian James Belich has no truck with the plague deniers
How Britain fell out of love with Boris
The story of a shy extrovert, an unprincipled believer, a depressive funster
Fruits of sex
Rediscovering the telos of gender
The distinctiveness of human aggression
A review of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham
Murders for September
Past and future killings
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
