Politics
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
How one woman took on the DWP and won
It isn’t “discriminatory” to challenge politicisation
East Germany — the illusion of Communist prosperity
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the smoke and mirrors that obscured the reality of a failing East Germany
How Hitler became unassailable
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss how Hitler entrenched his power across all aspects of German life in the 1930s
Return of the 60s neurosis
Christopher Booker’s stinging takedown of the 1960s, The Neophiliacs, is even more relevent today
Guardians of our culture
Conservative America still vibrantly upholds the cause of Western civilisation
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
From El-Alamein to Ukraine
How has the nature of warfare changed since World War Two?
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Stewart Lee is wrong about comedy and censorship
Despite the awfulness of much “anti-woke” comedy, opponents of political correctness have a point
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
