Society
Soho, Soho, it’s off to walk we go…
Is pedestrianisation the way to reopen Soho?
It’s not racist not to support Black Lives Matter
Ella Whelan explains why we all need to start talking, in person, again
Beware the shaming and guilt-tripping bingefest
Events in the US have led to a(nother) moment of reckoning for race relations spawning a similar gamut of emotions, some justified, other less so
Should we listen to writers about their own work?
As Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads is set to air this evening, Alexander Larman ponders the relationship between a living writer and their works
Decline of the sclerotic West
Richard Reinsch reviews The Decadent Society, by Ross Douthat
Sebastian Horsley: equal parts Byronic dandy, Dickensian grotesque and Wildean poseur
Alexander Larman remembers his time with the decadent author, Sebastian Horsley, 10 years after his death
‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ at 40: A book that can change your life
Alexander Larman recalls the glee and disbelief at one of literature’s most beguilingly horrible figures
Democratic capitalism on holiday: the buffet
Is the sophisticated joy of the buffet coming to an end?
Strength and honour: looking back on 20 years of Gladiator
Are you not entertained?!
What does ‘decolonising the curriculum’ mean?
And what is oligarch money doing to the art world?
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Hot air strikes (again)
The Prime Minister was sending a message, but it hasn’t been received
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Who’s advising the migration advisors?
We deserve more transparency when it comes to who and what influences British immigration policy
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
