Politics
Don’t kiss me, Kate: purging the American academy
Was Kate Pickering Antonova Twitter storm an unintended announcement of academia’s irrelevance?
Fear, loathing and revolution
Was Alexis de Tocqueville the first social scientist?
Latex memories
Spitting Image (BritBox)
What Spitting Image did to British politics
As Spitting Image returns to our screens, its original impact has not been forgotten
The very real danger of conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theorists may be easy to dismiss, but history shows that such myths often end in bloodshed
Titled and entitled: Meghan and Harry humiliate themselves yet again
The Sussexes are yet to grasp that no one cares for their view on the upcoming US presidential election
Are empires always evil?
Daniel Johnson says Spanish imperialism left a legacy defying simplistic analysis
Can we help Belarus?
We may not know how best to help Belarus, but it would likely not hurt to look as if we might make an effort
Cabinet Wars – Episode 2
Comparing the Cabinet on Twitter might suggest who is on manoeuvres – and who’s dropped the social media ball
Leave the EU to be the EU
CANZUK doesn’t need to copy anyone or force anything
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
