Cancel Culture
The silence of the self-censoring writers
Our writers must be bold enough to write the words they want to write, independent, and stronger for that
Inside the academic war on free speech
Good-quality academics are being filtered out due to an illiberal culture of ‘cancelling’ on university campuses
H.G. Wells must fall
When it comes to cancel culture, socialism is the ultimate prophylactic, writes Michael Coren
Charity boss fired after criticising Black Lives Matter
Nick Buckley was sacked from the organisation he founded nine years ago
How King’s College London has become Cancel College
The buccaneering spirit of King’s has gone, and with it its international standing
Error has no honorary positions
What the Booker binning Emma Nicholson means for the public square
“Will you stop talking about the war!”
Are we watching a Stalinist show trial, with hitherto dissident figures loudly recanting any support for past regimes?
Cancelling Trevor Phillips
Suspending Phillips didn’t advance Labour’s claim they are the party of anti-racism
Cancelling cancel culture
The need for the Free Speech Union is pressing but the obstacles are great
Kirk Douglas and cancel culture
Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Conservatism needs environmentalism
What could be more conservative than conserving our natural heritage?
