January 24, 2020

Don’t ask voters how to solve climate change When national survival is at stake, you call in the experts and worry about the electorate’s consent later

Richard Askwith

24.01

The Scottish town that rejected nationalism In East Fife, Scottish nationalism has slowly become more attractive

John Lloyd

24.01

What would you sacrifice for integrity? Terrence Malick's new film interrogates a moral dilemma with pernicious modern relevance

James Mumford

23.01

Why the mummy wars are really class wars Notionally scientific parenting questions are in truth vehicles for class and cultural debates

Mary Harrington

23.01

Rural Cornwall is right to be anxious If the duchy is to survive Brexit, something must be done about its not-so-splendid isolation

Tanya Gold

23.01

How to argue with a racist Adam Rutherford's new book wrestles with the difficult subject of race and science

Giles Fraser

22.01

Everything you know about Europe is wrong British liberals have created a Europe of their imagination, but how closely does it resemble reality?

Ed West

22.01

The inconvenient truth about transwomen Self-identification puts women, children — and trans people themselves — at risk

Debbie Hayton

22.01

Cultural heroes, please stay out of politics The finest minds lose all their nuance when they get political on Twitter

Freddie Sayers

21.01

Why the drugs don’t work Thousands of people are given ineffective medicines because trial data is being purposely skewed

Tom Chivers

21.01

What Sajid Javid should say at Davos, but won’t Dear Chancellor, we’ve written your speech for you — no need to thank us

Peter Franklin

21.01

Boris must be bold: it could save lives Norway has eradicated child road deaths. With the same political will we could fix our own intractable issues

Ian Birrell