Paedophilia
Michel Foucault: the prophet of pederasty
Daniel Johnson says the fact that Foucault scholars now overlook his advocacy for sex with boys shows the great libertine failed to overturn Judaeo-Christian morality
Will Cecil Rhodes survive the baying mob?
View from Oxford: whether Rhodes falls or stands there will come from competing corners criticism, ridicule, and contempt
Sporting life
This biography on Sir Stanley Rous and sport in the twentieth century is scholarly, balanced and well-written, says Lincoln Allison
Faith Masks
The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful
Born digital
Graham Stewart talks to Alex Story and Robert Wigley about the dangers of our addiction to digital information
The Trump days are over
History shows that Third Party tilts at the presidency don’t work
How neutral is “Full Fact”?
Sometimes it’s hard to get anyone right
A red wall budget?
The Northern Research Group’s demands to the Chancellor
Why are so many actors and filmmakers being cancelled?
From Kevin Spacey to Armie Hammer, why are those in Hollywood facing the axe of cancel culture more than ever before?
David Miller may be a loon, but sacking him would open a Pandora’s Box
Toby Young disagrees with Danny Finkelstein’s call for Miller’s sacking, saying that academic staff should be free to express whatever views they like within the law
A bank, not a study group
Christopher Fildes delves into the latest instalment of the Bank’s long and voluminous history