Jon Ronson
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
