discourse
Deconstructing the architecture of cancel culture
The censorious impulse is degrading intellectual discourse on both sides of the Atlantic
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Mental healthing ourselves to death
Our discourse has brought more confusion than clarity
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto