Sex
Kisses in the dark
Choose ambience over aphrodisiacs for Valentine’s Day says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Rise of the sex robots
Moral boundaries are being eroded by the rise of sex robots that claim to be “the perfect companion”
Sex tips from Semele
Opera was the tinder of Renaissance Venice, says Robert Thicknesse
The real facts of life
A welcome intervention by an author determined to return some rationalism to the trans discussion
A little bit of curve
In praise of pop smut
J K Rowling is not transphobic
Is it transphobic to say women get periods? Don’t be daft, says Ella Whelan
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
Superunintelligence
Have we witnessed the rise of ShappsGPT?
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
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
