Language
Redrawing boundaries
The constituency boundary review is in, and it makes for very long reading
The talk of the track
Nick Cohen compiles a phrase book for neophyte runners
Post-colonial bad jokes
The whole history of the West is — to confound the simplicities of the woke — one gigantic act of “cultural appropriation”
Fair dinkum dictionary
Jonathon Green wonders if, despite this being a fascinating book, the author has set herself up for defeat
A rascal – but leave it at that
We need to mind our language when describing those with whom we disagree
Freedom and solitude
Loneliness is not just a side-effect of Coronavirus: it’s been here for a while
Dr Green’s Dictionary: Diversity
Diversity is our strength? Or has history shown us otherwise?
The Silicon Valley English Dictionary
Twitter’s engineers agree that prejudice is hard-coded in our language
Dr Green’s Dictionary: Narrative
In politics, narrative is now less synonymous with events than with their exposure as a pack of lies
Linguistic confusion
Dominic Hilton has more trouble with English than Spanish in Argentina
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Ireland has become an exporter of gender ideology
An architect of Irish trans policy has been elected Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
