drag queen
Why drag is not the same as pantomime
In pantomime, we know that people are pretending
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry