civilisation
Guardrails of civilisation
If politics is downstream from culture, culture is downstream from the campus
Against Christianity’s cultured admirers
Faith is far more than worldly fulfilment and success
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality