consent culture
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
A butterfly on an operating table
The abstraction of desire achieves nothing
The progressive war on sex
New norms around “consent” are aimed at destroying the miracle of intimacy
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
