Euphoria
Blood and guts in high school
“Euphoria” is the nightmare the older generation saw coming
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Vanishing act
Jeremy Hunt did not, in fact, pull a rabbit out of his hat
Ireland has become an exporter of gender ideology
An architect of Irish trans policy has been elected Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England