Cancel Culture
Kicked out of the Comedy Club
Andrew Doyle wonders why so many comedians are offended by the satire of Titania McGrath
Julie Burchill – a national treasure?
The former Queen of the Groucho Club, for all her contradictions, is a rare voice of courage in an increasingly conformist world
Is it time to cancel Roald Dahl – or to celebrate him?
We should treat Roald Dahl as a naïve and unworldly man who never entirely left the realm of make-believe
Is the malaise at Eton symptomatic of something wider?
Is the whole institution of the public school starting to become unfit for purpose in the 21st century?
How Eton turned woke
One recent graduate of Eton College laments how the school has transformed into a place of ideological homogeneity
Has publishing gone woke?
It is the duty of a responsible publisher to reflect the intellectual and social diversity that exists across the world
Policing art is a slippery slope
The hunger for policing thoughts as well as bodies hasn’t been eradicated, as recent events in New Zealand show
2020: It’s no place for the old
The debate over Fairytale of New York is proof that 2020 is the year in which woke doctrine went into overdrive
Maggi Hambling’s sculpture is simply bad art
Perhaps if it were a simply better artwork, then Hambling’s statue would have been more warmly received
The Establishment doesn’t understand free speech
The Government needs to bite the bullet and demonstrate political conviction over free speech