Philosophy
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
The progressive war on sex
New norms around “consent” are aimed at destroying the miracle of intimacy
The death of Ideals
TikTok, goblin mode, and the end of Platonism
The asexual lingerie model and other modern mysteries
Why sex-positivity is anti-sex
A crisis of truths
In our partisan, post-truth age of fake news and “follow the science”, the link between facts, narrative and power has never seemed more stark
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
