Podcast
The Road to the Cass Review — (1) Dr Michael Biggs
The foundational myths of gender medicine
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Two sides of the weird frontier
The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Xi bangs the drum
On geopolitics with Chinese characteristics
The state of the arts (w/ Pierre d’Alancaisez)
Can art still be essentially and not just instrumentally valuable?
Red alert?
Apocalyptic intimations in the mid-1900s
Mysteries of history (w/ Samuel Rubinstein)
From the Anglo-Saxons to Israel and Palestine
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
A bloodless account of blood-soaked times
Athens and Sparta: The Rivalry That Shaped Ancient Greece by Adrian Goldsworthy
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken