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
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 BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree