Sex Education is less of a hedonistic romp than its title suggets. Credit: IMDb

10/10/2023 - 7:00pm

Sex Education is a Victorian morality tale The Netflix hit isn't as right-on as its critics suggest

Elizabeth Oldfield

How Keir Starmer keeps his charisma secret The private strengths of the Labour leader didn’t come out in today’s speech

Sam Bankman-Fried is wrong about Shakespeare The fallen crypto king has no understanding of literary greatness

Syriza’s gay leader plans surrogacy baby Stefanos Kasselakis says it is part of his wish for 'complete equality'

Mary Harrington

‘I support the attack 100%’: inside London’s Israel embassy protest I spoke to the pro-Palestinian protestors who filled Kensington High Street

Monday

09.10

Why do progressives choose to live in dangerous areas? A spate of killings sheds light on the dangers of living in the wrong zip code

Jukka Savolainen

Labour Conference: long on excitement, short on substance Delegates are in denial about their differences

Free Speech tsar: I will be ‘viewpoint-neutral’ Arif Ahmed promised to protect lawful free speech

What’s behind Barack Obama’s silence on Israel? The former president's Middle East project laid the foundation for today's chaos

Ashley Rindsberg

The AfD surge spreads to West Germany Establishment parties are not addressing voter anxieties

There is no liberal answer to the Israel-Palestine conflict The West's moral framework does not apply to ethnic disputes

Sunday

08.10

John Gray: thoughts after liberalism The philosopher is calling for a return to realism

Why Hamas’s attack will backfire Iran's regime may find that it only strengthens the coalition against them

Hamas’s real target is Saudi Arabia The terrorists want to prevent a more pragmatic approach to Israel

Ralph Schoellhammer

Saturday

07.10

Why the West turns a blind eye to Azerbaijan Geopolitical interests trump moral outrage

Daily Mail is now the only newspaper with a Tory readership A new poll shows that more Telegraph and Express readers intend to vote Labour

Friday

06.10

Don’t let Sage scientists off the hook for lockdown Patrick Vallance deserves criticism for his role in the pandemic too

Is the EU about to turn on Ireland? The Republic's status as a tax haven for multinationals is coming under scrutiny

Keir Starmer could learn from Rishi Sunak’s gender fightback The Labour leader cannot see that he is still failing women in his party

Labour’s battle with the SNP is only just beginning Today's victory in Rutherglen will not be replicated across Scotland

Thursday

05.10

Left-wing extremism is on the rise across Germany A spate of attacks on AfD politicians may have political consequences

Ralph Schoellhammer

Yanis Varoufakis: the full interview The Greek economist discusses globalism, immigration and the fall of capitalism

Academia is driving away potential Nobel winners Katalin Karikó is the latest recipient to suffer poor treatment at her university

Are we headed for a stock market crash? A rise in interest rates on US treasury bonds will cause turbulence

Should we feel sorry for David Beckham? A Netflix series depicts the footballer as a victim of the scandal-ridden Noughties

Wednesday

04.10

Am I really such a danger to Oxford’s students? The new Vice-Chancellor has condemned 'abusive and threatening language'

Yanis Varoufakis: Suella Braverman should be expelled from the UK The Greek economist discusses Britain's immigration crisis with Freddie Sayers

Nigel Farage will never rejoin the Tories The Brexit architect wields more power outside the party than within

Is Gavin Newsom poised to challenge Joe Biden? The California Governor's new Senate appointment suggests so

US states hit the brakes on ‘gender-affirming care’ Nebraska is the latest to follow the Scandivanian model on trans treatment

Eliza Mondegreen

The classroom mobile phone ban doesn’t go far enough Technology is harming children beyond the school gates

Sophie Winkleman

Tuesday

03.10

Suella Braverman is channelling Jeremy Corbyn The Home Secretary quoted poetry in a rapturous appearance at Tory Conference