Activism
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Bippi Strangeways
Activist poet
Why are republicans still so unsuccessful?
With bad news upon bad news for the royal family, why do its political opponents remain so obscure?
How Dostoyevsky dissected activistic hypocrites
Dostoyevsky’s outrageous grotesque now runs riot in our institutions
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana