Opinion
Rage against the machine
Schools should be a safe space away from the ghoulish blue light
Vaccine passports and the recalibration of social ethics
Vaccine passports would undermine one of the most fundamental rights in a civilised society: autonomy over one’s own body
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Against Michaela multiculturalism
The school does not offer a successful model of integration for Britain
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
