Global Soft Power Summit 2021
The wokeness of soft power
The content of the Global Soft Power Summit 2021 shows that progressives have turned a vague concept into another divisive label
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
