Iconoclasm
Nemesis comes to Charlottesville
As Americans gleefully melt down statues of Confederate leaders, they may soon discover that iconoclasm is no road to civic peace
The souping of Saint Vincent
The iconoclastic impulse must be curbed
Man’s best friend
Eric Gill was an awful man — but that doesn’t make his art any less brilliant
Let’s not lose our heads over Rhodes
Can a man loyal to his Oxford college really be all bad?
Take Your Picton
Rick Picton Thomas would have known what to say to those bent on removing his ancestor’s statue
No change please, we’re British
A new counter-petition campaign is a conservative response to iconoclasm
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
Scullionbait 2: This Time It’s Intersectional
Academics are attacked and AI goes intersectional
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
