Modernity
O blind new world
Behind modernity’s moralistic exhortations lies a cold-blooded mania for total control
God wake ye, Merry England
The decadence and excess of the city is of a piece with puritanical restraint
Antique business
Thomas Woodham-Smith on an old trade in a brave new world
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
