Anthropology
Jason Hickel doesn’t understand economics
His work is a useful reminder not to stray too far from what we know
The anthropology of grooming gangs
Most societies have never cared what they did to outsiders
The Kunstkammer
A gallery that contains the curiosities of many peoples
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting