Michel Houellebecq
“Submission”: a retrospective
Michel Houellebecq wrote a great novel — but it need not be entirely prophetic
France’s philosopher king
There is a jarring disconnect between Michel Houellebecq’s critiques of sexual liberation and his dissolute lifestyle
Laughing laureate of Western decline
Michel Houellebecq’s prescient, mocking critiques of our debased modern world
The twin prophets of pessimism
The novelist and the philosopher linked by a common fascination with despair
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.