Gay cure
Should the Government ban “gay cure”?
Rev. Matthew Roberts and Jo Bartosch debate the merits of the proposed legislation
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
The warp and weft of women’s history
This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Something rotten in the state of Germany
The Bundestag has weakened the criminal penalties for child pornography
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
Gelding: the pros
Bring back the castratos? Might as well
All the President’s toadies
American journalism lacks a healthy contempt for the ruling class
