Holy Roman Empire
The roots of Germany
Jeremy Black discusses German identity in the 700 years between Charlemagne and the Reformation
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
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
