Sex Work
Doing the hustle
The adrenaline flows when you’re relying on your wits to save you from national humiliation
The dark underbelly of the sex industry
Advocacy for the idea of sex work has not been matched by advocacy for the exploited
Bans work, actually
On the myth of authoritarian ineffectiveness
The price of porn
Why do right-wing newspapers make a joke of it?
Objectify responsibly?
The dehumanising roots of “sexual entertainment”
The mob comes for Maugham
Jolyon learns that there’s no justice like angry mob justice
Jeremy Clarkson is yesterday’s sexist
It’s too easy to focus on the Top Gear host
The sex trade is inherently unsafe
Commodifying women’s bodies perpetuates violence
How do you solve a problem like memoir?
A new book by Melissa Febos gets right to the heart of the genre
Narcisssism and the naked arts graduate
This call for an overhaul of the sex industry is self-indulgent and short-sighted
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Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
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The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Drill, baby, drill
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Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
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angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
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A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship