Language
It’s not happening, and that’s why it’s good
The case for not Having A Normal One
In defence of traditional swearing
And against the cult of “cockwomble”
Language, truth and logic
Talking to Stella Creasy is never easy
Danger: semantic engineers at work
The institutionalisation of gender-neutral language is designed to change how we think, feel and act
Slang vs Woke: the final judgment
Everyone wants what should be. But there is no “should be”. There is only what is.
Netspeak
How we can — and must — win the war on language
Howdy, partner
On the least erotic noun in the English language
Stop calling everything porn
Diluting the meaning of a word disguises the harm of the real thing
Acronyms
Acronyms are one of the means by which bureaucracies hide or obfuscate what they do
Out of the blue
Despite some political hang-ups, James Fox provides diverting stories on the history of colour
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
