Islam
We need to talk about Islamic antisemitism
For too long, a major problem has been ignored or obscured
A too-short history of Islam
Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present by John Tolan
“Submission”: a retrospective
Michel Houellebecq wrote a great novel — but it need not be entirely prophetic
Rushdie-ing to judgement
Recent accusations of harassment have exposed the real nature of crybulling
Who will watch the “anti-Muslim bias” watchdogs?
The British Muslim Trust, anti-Muslim hate monitoring, and the risk of narrative capture
Informing the disinformation reporters
Radicalisation is more fuelled by the nightly news than by shadowy “disinformation”
The Centre for Media Monitoring is a threat to free expression
We cannot allow reporting on Islamism to be demonised and suppressed
Make every day a Pride day
Many organisations this year forgot to put up their flags
A burqa ban would not be un-British
Whatever our perspective, we should stop misappropriating history
I should be Pope
Can you imagine the intersectional triumph of an omnisexual female Muslim pope?
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Louis Through
The left-leaning media has lost its moral and institutional authority
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy