geek culture
The unstoppable rise of geek culture
The cult of Elon Musk reveals some horrible truths about our non-virtual world
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
Pastorship and power
Church leaders should be vigilant against the abuse of authority
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too