Freedom of Thought
Don’t buffer the truth about censorship zones
This is an attack on freedom and choice
We have dispensed with independent thought
Are we just going to continue outsourcing every foundational fibre of our being?
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality