August 17, 2020

Why mushrooms are magic Merlin Sheldrake's new book, Entangled Life, reveals just how much our lives depend upon fungi

John Lewis-Stempel

14.08

How Covid exposed the world’s lack of care Instead of pushing the old and disabled out of society, we must find them a home

Ian Birrell

14.08

Ben & Jerry’s pitiful ‘wokescreen’ The ice cream maker's attempt to shame the Home Secretary on Twitter didn't go according to plan

Douglas Murray

14.08

Racial categories are reactionary One of the most banal and vulgar ways to think about humanity is to classify by ‘race’

Ralph Leonard

14.08

How offensive is Edinburgh Festival? If new legislation passes, actors could be criminalised for hurting an audience member's feelings

Joan Smith

13.08

Ramsgate’s difficult relationship with Europe The history of this corner of England has always been coloured by its proximity to the continent

Aris Roussinos

13.08

The proud history of Tory socialism An enemy of liberalism in all its guises, my political tradition is regularly misunderstood

Giles Fraser

13.08

Is this the world’s worst dictator? Turkmen citizens are condemned to live in a repressive police state run by an unsophisticated dullard

Daniel Kalder

12.08

Why exams pass the test of time There's a reason our assessment system has outlasted world wars — and will withstand Covid

John Gaston

12.08

The end of secularism is nigh The West's ability to market this culturally conditioned assumption is dying

Tom Holland

12.08

Who will salute Trump’s man in Berlin? The President finally picks the right man for a job — yet Washington won't have it

Marshall Auerback

12.08

Hull’s irresistible perversity The city revels in its separateness — but it may offer lessons for the rest of the UK

Matthew Sweet