Gender Roles
Redemption of the lad
An icon of regressive attitudes needs a second chance
The descent of man
The mainstreaming of misandry
Am I a dad?
You’re no less of a mum for rejecting social norms
The virtues of the boys’ club
Men need single-sex spaces, too
Starbucks Dad solves the gender wars
But what about Starbucks Mum?
Creatives are dorks
Cheerleading women is not the answer to gender imbalance
The phoney war on pink
Stereotypes, not colours, are the problem
Boys aren’t losing role models – girls are
Responses to online misogyny have missed the point
The body of a weak and feeble woman?
We need to talk about female physical disadvantage
Are they taking the piss?
The EHRC piss protest is the perfect example of how gender functions
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
We’re all living in America
Britain’s elite is obsessed with Trump and the States, when it needs to concentrate on the Home Front
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
