film franchise
We don’t need another (super)hero
The shrinking world of the superhero franchise film.
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness