Book Review
Why central Europe has always mattered
Globalism is nothing new
Who’s afraid of UPF? (Part 2)
Bad science is hard to swallow
Who’s afraid of UPF? (Part 1)
The ultra-processed food scare is a backwards step for science
Bastards of the fleet
David Grann writes the definitive tale of the Wager’s descent into madness
Liberalism’s obituarist
John Gray extends his dark critique of the modern world
The deep humanity of books
Manuscripts have weathered the vicissitudes of time only thanks to human passion
Deconstructing the decolonisers
An intellectual Robin Hood reclaims British history for those most underserved by elite narratives
Militant humourlessness
A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
Eccentricities and obsessions
Novels that say a lot without making lots of noise
Appreciating the small and recherché
There is still some unspoiled Surrey country to be enjoyed
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
