Microaggressions
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
