New Atheism
He is risen!
Do not seek the living among the dead
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Beware of false prophets
Why are we so drawn to gurus?
Losing faith in atheism
How nonbelief lost its cool
The strange afterlife of New Atheism
The once dominant internet and media phenomenon has given way to more agile secularisms, but its legacy lives on
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
A triumphant return
Jesus Christ Superstar, the London Palladium