Universalism
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
The rise and fall of assimilation
On last century’s chimera of a universal civilisation
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
The futility of right-wing cancel culture
Trying to get left-wing comedians fired for edgy jokes is stupid as well as wrong
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The book awards are a joke
The panel of non-literary judges shows just how frivolous the Nibbies are
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton