Iowa
Why Iowa will haunt the Democrats
America’s progressive party is stuck inside a meme that has gone viral — and for all the wrong reasons
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
