Colonialism
The empire strikes back
France is going to the polls in the shadow of its colonial past
Ethiopia’s sacred tablets must remain in Britain
With thousands dying in Tigray, why is Parliament discussing ancient relics?
Punta del where?
Old Europe lives on in the new world
A year in review: the National Trust
Is the Great Fracas of 2020-21 over?
Racist to the bone
There’s a revolving door between woke academia and woker UK Plc
Storm in a frying pan
The row over sending great British bangers to Bangor illustrates a dismal lack of gastronomic culture
All double dutch
Andrew Cusack says the influence of the Netherlands’ seaborne empire can still be felt around the world, from Manhattan and South Africa to modern Sri Lanka
All Rhodes lead to ruin
Who was Cecil Rhodes, really?
Who’s afraid of Queen Victoria?
Attacks on monuments perpetuate the Victoria cult
Canadian statues matter
Monument vandalism is a cover for an all-out assault on the country itself
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
All roads lead to WPATH
How the strange, dark history of the gender movement built our strange, dark modern world
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
