Debate
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Against ideas
We have too many of them and they are not doing any good
What I learned from failing my PhD
Intellectual life shouldn’t be a combat sport
It’s not happening, and that’s why it’s good
The case for not Having A Normal One
Politics is not downstream from culture
Against Top Gear conservatism
Feelings don’t care about your facts
Politics is about emotions at least as much as about reason
Against a stone wall
The gender debate has already been won
Emerging from my echo chamber
#debate or #nodebate, should that be a question?
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
