Satire
The real pandemic
The last thing we need is a future generation who can think for themselves
The implied fascist
Roland Elliott Brown reviews How to be a Fascist by Michela Murgia
The problem of the poor…
Titania McGrath’s considers the working class
Block Boris!
There is a risk that if Boris Johnson receives the most votes he might actually win. This is unacceptable
Painting by numbers
Alexander Adams counts the cost of female artistic success
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
