November 1, 2018

How moral is mockery? From Lear’s Fool to Jonathan Swift to Ricky Gervais, 'piss-taking' can be a vital form of truth-telling

Giles Fraser

01.11

Today’s voguish communists should remember Budapest The October 1956 Hungarian uprising marked the beginning of the end of Communism

James Bloodworth

26.10

How do you solve a problem like the Saudis? Politicians operate in a ‘grey zone’ where principles and consequences are often traded off against each other

Giles Fraser

25.10

Britain needs less speculation, not a smaller financial sector Constrain, don’t shrink, the City of London

Peter Franklin

22.10

Could Spain’s Pedro Sánchez save Europe’s centre-Left? Spain's centre-Left PSOE party may be in government, but their power is wafer-thin

James Bloodworth

19.10

Brexit will accelerate the inevitable in Ireland Within a decade, maybe sooner, there could be a majority opinion favouring Irish unity

Giles Fraser

18.10

The surprising supporters of the strongman in Brazil The rise of Bolsonaro isn't down to a coalition of crazies — it's the moderates voting him in

David Adler

17.10

The Muslim veil of silence on mental health To speak about mental suffering is seen as rejecting God’s plan

Rabbil Sikdar

16.10

Why I welcome the Economist’s mea culpa Sensible liberalism and sensible populism are not as far apart as both sides think

David Goodhart

15.10

Why are woke liberals such enemies of the past? Instead of shaming our forebears, they should consider today's achievements

Peter Franklin

11.10

Feminists should support a woman’s right to sell sex Celebrating women who use their brains while criminalising women who use their bodies is elitist and hypocritical

Victoria Bateman

11.10

Normalising sex work benefits pimps and traffickers Framing prostitution as simply another choice young women make is dangerous and degrading

Meghan Murphy