David Graeber
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition