Transubstantiation
The Trans troubles of the Middle Ages
The great scholars of the Middle Ages had their own word for Trans
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
