Richard Francis
Small, but perfectly formed
John Self examines three varied, emotionally satisfying novels that together come in at less than the length of a single Mantel
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland