Identity
The self(ie)
Filters seduce, but what happens when the flattering reflection becomes a carnival mirror?
Schools need a reality check
Our educators should be teaching the truth
The matter of Britain
Britain must rediscover its stories and dreams
Building for eternity
Earlier generations of Britons built for the next generation –– but we’re stuck in a selfish present
I’m not an “empath”
Against performative sensitivity
Corecore and cultural fragmentation
Young people are picking through the rubble of old aesthetics
Hold the back page
Football was once a spectacle. The grotesque Qatar World Cup reminds us of all it has become
What if it is just a phase?
Our conception of ourselves is never wholly fixed
Citizens of somewhere
Michael Henderson delves into two different radio programmes with identity at the centre
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Sticky situation
Everyone’s Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe was different. All were revolting
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
