Victimhood
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
The wrong kind of victim
Today’s victimhood narratives don’t make space for the most vulnerable
October 2021: Letters to the Editor
The only people I have seen trying to eliminate biological sex are third-wave feminists
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
