Philosophy
Among the deathworks
On culturing culture
Let’s get teleological
Another way to look at morality and law
Against mere negativity
Politics needs a vision of the Good
For Hume the bell tolls
Civil debate? A miracle
Sinicizing the CCP
Xi Jinping’s cynical use of Confucius
Party poppers
Can liberal philosophers be used to justify censorship?
The real benefits of loyalty and order
Evocation of a more hopeful culture lost is both the book’s strength and weakness
Who is feminism for?
A controversial new book argues that gender-critical feminism is bigger than the trans debate
Women aren’t “womb-carriers”
How the left internalised the misogyny of the modern state
Seeing the big picture
The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Frock right off
Dresses, dogs and dinner
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
