Market Speculation
Markets are not neutral
It is politically advantageous to pretend they are — but it is untrue
Confessions of a lockdown speculator
Is it immoral to make money out of a disease that is killing millions?
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Mad for this fresh take on King Lear
Farber’s casting and concept feels assured
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
Let’s change the cultural meaning of the penis
Our genitals do not entitle us to anything
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
