Comedy
The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
You can criticise comedy without cancelling it
Ricky Gervais should ask himself who he is satirising and why
From TV to the trans debate (w/ Graham Linehan)
Why truth and honour matter more than a quiet life
Cheers, Frasier
A comedy classic makes a triumphant return
Tough crowd, tough man
What has Graham Linehan learned about television and trangenderism?
From slobs to royalty
How the Royle Family mirrored working class life
Militant humourlessness
A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
The sludge of sensitivity
Politics is degrading our cultural classics
Humphries and the humourless
Cancel culture is often midges biting giants
The myth of the Larrikin
Barry Humphries was of a more relaxed time
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Have the police criminalised being “openly Jewish”?
It is unacceptable for the police to blame the victims of potential bigotry
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
