James Lindsay
Normal Cervix Resumes
The BBC cancels Mermaids, time is racist, Nasa goes woke, and 2 + 2 = 5
Reality has been Cancelled
Helen Dale reviews Cynical Theories, by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay
It’s good to talk
Louise Perry reviews How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
British defence must be renewed
War may not be imminent but Britain must still be secure
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life