Philosophy
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
Empire of the Imagination
Historical metafiction
Thinking on inking
An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing
A glorious flowering of difficult ideas
Two newly translated books evoke chapters of the divided and discarded history of Germany’s capital
I think, therefore I’m right
We need a “Philosophy SAGE” to test the logic behind Covid policies
A strident legacy
In the decade since his death, Christopher Hitchens’s weaknesses have become our own
Grappling with evil
Historians are better placed to explain malicious acts than philosophers, who strive to subordinate them to reason
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The untalented Mx. Ripley
In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
