Empowerment
Just when can women let ourselves go?
Expectations can be just as oppressive as we age
Feminist fallacies: Empowerment
Women aren’t passive objects; we don’t need to wait around for somebody to grant our empowerment
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
