Theory
A glorious flowering of difficult ideas
Two newly translated books evoke chapters of the divided and discarded history of Germany’s capital
Violence is a feature of porn, not a bug
Aggression towards women permeates the most popular pornography
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
