Tolkien
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Between Middle Earth and the West
130 years from his birth, what can we learn from Tolkien?
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Where is so much gender confusion coming from?
The scope of inquiry into gender and young people should be expanded to schools
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
