Summer Holidays
Deep England
Glastonbury isn’t just for leftists
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
The Cass Review is not the end
Gender ideologues are not going to give up in the face of facts
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Chinese whispers
Oliver Dowden’s tough talk on Chinese hacking is less than wholly convincing
How widespread is NHS qualifications fraud?
A viral Twitter post raises uncomfortable questions about the level of training in British institutions
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
