Trauma
Suffering: the consequences
Dual reflections on on the vicissitudes of victim status
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
What happened to horror films?
Watery idealism is robbing the genre of its fear
The dilution of trauma
Exaggerating emotional struggles weakens our resilience
Our kids need sad books
They appreciate beautiful melancholy
The pain gain
In today’s pop world trauma is an asset
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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unconquered by a
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
How to get filthy wrong
Gary Stevenson has replaced economics with politics, and the results speak for themselves
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change