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
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
March 2024: Letters to the Editor
Record-setting sons and founding fathers
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
