Sex
The next age of prude
Could Billie Eilish lead a mainstream pushback against the excesses of 2010s “choice feminism”?
Walking a tightrope, tying themselves in knots
The Welsh Government’s new sex education curriculum is not fit for purpose
Stonewall finally accept debate
Middle Temple made history with its LGBTQ+ forum
Advocates who brook no dissent
Narcissistic identity politics perpetuates that other people are dangerous things that require controlling by activists who “get it”
Laughing laureate of Western decline
Michel Houellebecq’s prescient, mocking critiques of our debased modern world
The Welsh variant
Why is Cardiff actively spreading queer theory in schools?
Is this the end of monogamy as we know it?
As couples move away from the traditional binds of marriage, Julie Bindel wonders whether heterosexuals are soon to become the new sexual outlaws
More sad than naughty
A BDSM book by a group keen to challenge gender norms is oddly conventional
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”
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Release the hounds
The best university sport? Beagling
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
