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Don’t just do something
We should be more sceptical of reactive legislation
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
