Aleksandr Lukashenko
Lukashenko clings on
Belarusian protestors are a more potent weapon against Lukashenko than Brussels ever has been
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul