1979 General Election
The poster of the century?
Did Saatchi & Saatchi win it for Thatcher?
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Keep the cops out of our minds
Silent thoughts should never be prohibited
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
