Feminism
The dignity of domestic labour
Louise Perry says there is nothing demeaning about work traditionally done by women
The wrong sort of difficult
Natascha Engel reviews Difficult Women, by Helen Lewis
The man who invented Gaslighting
Patrick Hamilton, the writer who inadvertently coined the term, had his own victims
JK Rowling and the Wardens of Woke
The younger Harry Potter stars made their disagreement abundantly clear with the woman who made them
Men beware women
How we underestimate the women in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte
The feminist case for Jordan Peterson
I came to mock the Canadian guru but stayed to respect the depth of his thought
Amber Alert
A pandemic is no excuse to forget the Science of Equality
Should we mind the pension gap?
We need the freedom to choose home life over the market
True Feminism has Never Been Tried, Comrade
Alexander Adams reviews Women Can’t Paint by Helen Gørrill
Feminism for the few
Ella Whelan reviews Women vs Capitalism by Vicky Pryce
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Why Ed Miliband can’t change course
He would have to abandon his self-appointed role as an agent of progress
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear