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
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
