Journalism
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
The menopause is no joke
It is time to stop being so facetious about women’s health
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
