Thames Water
What does surrogacy say about us?
We are putting the interests of adults above those of children
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
A real pea souper
Rivers of filth bear our merry band to the grotesque wonders of Dickensian London
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity