Woke
See, the conqu’ring hero comes – to be ridiculed by vegans
A Procrustean bed of critical theory is examining a British military hero – with predictable results
Are we killing ourselves with kindness?
Stefan Zweig’s 1939 novel ‘Beware of Pity’ now screams to have its message heeded
Round up the ordinary subjects
A free society cannot remain free if it implements the social justice movement’s bizarre ideology of vilifying ordinary people
Is Foucault responsible for identity politics?
The pseudo-Foucault distorts Foucauldian doctrine not in pursuit of truth, but as a strategy of power
A question of taste
Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist
Biden’s brave new world
As we move into 2021, Biden’s message resounds throughout our new woke empire
Out with the Old Masters?
Will traditional museums be replaced by modern “experiences”?
Happy Holidays?
View from Oxford: a year in woke
Kicked out of the Comedy Club
Andrew Doyle wonders why so many comedians are offended by the satire of Titania McGrath
The wrong sort of women, again
View from Oxford: the Fortune Wheel of grievance spins yet again
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?