Camino de Santiago
A paean to Spain and Italy during troubled times
On the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage I saw the delights of the countries most cruelly ransacked by Coronavirus
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
The Candy Man can
The people’s party: now bankrolled by one of the country’s richest property developers
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull