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The meaning of memorisation
Minds, like libraries, should be well-stocked
Rules of enragement
At its best Conflicted reminds us of the central importance of meaningful debate
It’s good to talk
Louise Perry reviews How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
There’s no need to shout
Patrick West reviews You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
How to be a populist in the art world
A recent conference on populism exposed the extent to which the art world talks around actually existing people
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
A very postmodern schism
A postmodern spectacle exposed deep divisions about the nature of truth