Ideas
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
