Confederate Statues
Orwell: my self-help guru
Slavery should be reinstated so that it can be abolished by a queer woman of colour
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon