Evolution
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
The banality of Barbie
Glossy social commentary does not reflect the facts
The distinctiveness of human aggression
A review of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham
“Meme”
From a German zoologist to internet burns, Dominic Green charts the history of the word meme
Pleasures of sex and berries
Hart explains why we’re adapted to the environment we evolved in, rather than the one we inhabit
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
