Scream
The rise of meta-horror
In 2022, a new Scream film must face down more than monsters
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
