Monica Jones
The joys and misery of Monica
This is not only an objective biography by a distinguished academic, it is also a warm personal memoir
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances