English Degree
The purpose of the university
What will become of a society that continually prioritises efficiency over civilisation?
Abigail Lamb Festival Fodder
Disaster strikes at the literary festival
Must we mourn a decline in English degrees?
It does not entail the decline of English literature
Is the English Lit degree killing love for literature?
Alexander Larman and Graham Stewart discuss the direction of English Literature at universities
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics