Cosmetic Surgery
The female body is the new short skirt
What is being done to some female bodies is changing what all female bodies mean
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
