Campus Novel
The hilarious return of the campus novel
For its first two hundred pages, I read Shibboleth with jaw agape
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
Exiles from the Rainbow nation
Race, land and why white South Africans are leaving their homes behind
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Graphics, games and occult entities
A retrospective of Treister’s work reveals the frictions in the artist’s motivations
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground