Politics
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
What is it with populists and comical haircuts?
Crazy hair can be as much of an asset to a firebrand politician as crazy rhetoric
Two cheers for Goodwinism
Is Matthew Goodwin right about shifting to the left on economics?
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
Power, politics and mental illness
Our mental health discourse is deeply hypocritical
The liturgy of ESG
Against the depoliticisation of contested values
Not letting the Games begin
Progressive hubris spoils a chance for Australian success
Same beach, same sea
Rainy beaches and protests in Venice, and dance and sunshine in the South Downs as Britain and Italy trade places
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
