Anthropology
Castaneda the sorcerer
Hoaxer, fraud … prophet?
David Graeber (1961-2020)
A requiem for the radical anthropologist
Cry foal
Felipe Fernández-Armesto on food taboos and why the British won’t eat horsemeat
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
