Remote working will exacerbate inequality
October 21, 2020
‘Cultural capital provides a gloss and a shield of confidence to those gifted with it. As home working becomes a permanent feature of the
There have always been “woke” students—the problem is their elders
October 21, 2020
‘The people running these institutions—they’re the people who are actually cancelling the songs, renaming the buildings and withdrawing the paintings’
Don’t dismiss incels
October 21, 2020
The “incel” subjects of TFW No GF are not actually especially unattractive or unintelligent—what they lack above all is charm and an ability to
A knife-fight in a phone booth
October 21, 2020
In August the Department of Education announced that GCSE students would be allowed to drop poetry as a subject in their 2021 exams, prompting
A new optimism for the Middle East
October 21, 2020
The Abraham Accords signed last month between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain signal a new reality underpinned by moderate Islam
Why Immanuel Kant matters
August 28, 2020
Immanuel Kant is often misunderstood — and he is partly to blame. But what he has to say is well worth thinking about
Martians, mushy peas, leprechauns (and gin)
August 28, 2020
An awful lot of advertising is graceless and uninviting. But very occasionally an advert has the cheek to be enjoyable and funny