Jack Kerouac
On and off the road
Jack Kerouac’s reputation should rest on his whole oeuvre — not just his most famous novel
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
Something in the Bath water
Liberal Democrats are ruining a beautiful city with pointless regulations and Remainer spite
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination