Spriss
Why I’ve embraced Ethiopian spriss culture
A culture of mixing and fusing can serve us well in lockdown and the life beyond
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
