Intellectualism
Talk is deep
Thought as a social process rather than a private mental activity
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Reform has the real “Shadow Cabinet”
Establishment gatekeeping is as futile as it is absurd
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform