Aging
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock