Street Votes
NIMBYs are the real revolutionaries
Think tank-driven Street Votes policy risks trampling on middle-class dreams by bringing high-density housing to peaceful neighbourhoods
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
The end of “Anglo-Saxon”?
The rebranding of Anglo-Saxon England is senseless and silly
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)