Peter Salmon
Derrida deconstructed
Derrida’s prose, which stops being turgid only in order to be turbid, is utterly incomprehensible
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Reaping a bitter harvest
Labour are struggling to justify their own policies
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong