Book Review
The fit and famous
To strive, to struggle, to sweat, is to be human
In my ears and in my eyes
The Lyrics: the autobiography Paul McCartney never wrote
Thinking on inking
An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing
The dying days of Nazi Germany
A growing body of literature deals with the horrors of WWII from a German point of view
To critique the critic
Harold Rosenberg’s mixed legacy counterbalanced both Communism and formalism
Could the US be heading towards civil war?
A crash course on the causes of modern civil wars
Move over Nigella, Nigel and Nadiya
The cookbook of the year was written by an elderly rogue and self-published
Dante, 700 years on
We, too, are exiled from Florence
The story of the people, by the people
What is History, Now? offers a passionate defence of the pluralism of historical study
Matters of fact in a post-truth world
The message of The Constitution of Knowledge is one of hope, as Rauch urges those who resent the censors to “unmute” themselves
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
Wit as well as social conscience
Avril Quartet: Claires Obscures (Etcetera)
Anyone could have predicted
Left-leaning commentators should not pretend to be surprised by the consequences of multiculturalism
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations