Edinburgh
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
April: Letters to the Editor
Edinburgh University is dependent on Chinese money
We aren’t being served
The closure of Jenners of Edinburgh is an object lesson in how to kill the department store
Tony goes to Holyrood
The Bumper Book of Scottish Political Counterfactuals: In which Tony Blair takes his rightful place as First Minister
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Conscious decoupling
Some people consider ideas on their own terms; for others they are inextricable from context
