Edwin Poots
Alice in blunderland
The V&A reckons Alice in Wonderland is a self-help manual in the sex-war rather than the daydreams of an old Oxford perv
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
