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
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers