Radical Feminism
Breaking taboos with clay
Jo Bartosch interviews ceramicist Claudia Clare, whose uncompromising work has upset the censorious art world
Gender critical in Geneva
Yet another failed attempt to silence women
The curious case of Andrew Tate
A very 21st century troll
Witch hunt
Last week Cambridge University Student Union published a guide to “Spotting TERFS in the Field”
Prudes against nudes
Feminist protests put a puritanical limit on the aesthetic quality of nudity
Male transgenderism is sexism on steroids
Why is it that Eddie Izzard strutting in heels is perceived as more progressive than us boring old vulva-owners in our flat shoes?
Eton needs to be led by a headmaster, not a social activist
Simon Henderson’s top-down revolution at Eton has lost the trust of too many parents, staff, and donors for him to remain in place
The wrong sort of difficult
Natascha Engel reviews Difficult Women, by Helen Lewis
Big fat lies
The Fat Activism movement is risking lives by suppressing obesity research
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
More than one way to skin a cat
The thing about formulae is that they’re an aid, not a guide
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
