Human Nature
Human nature
We must understand our vices as well as our virtues
The distinctiveness of human aggression
A review of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham
Our throwaway society
A trip to the waste disposal site provides an insight into human nature
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states