October 6, 2020

The Tory problem with poshness The old symbols of privilege still have the power to do the Conservatives real harm

Peter Franklin

05.10

The autocrats of the world are uniting Like the old Concert of Europe, the new Dictators' Club has set aside differences to focus on naked power

Christopher Rhodes

02.10

Cheap crap is who we are Our tat can seem trivial and wasteful but, a new book suggests, it tells us a lot about our culture

Matthew Sweet

01.10

The liberal case for empire Imperialism has a better record of defending minorities and promoting diversity than nation-states do

Ed West

30.09

There is no student mental health crisis Depression and anxiety have become status symbols — while sadness and loneliness are taboo

Louise Perry

29.09

How we bend the knee to our HR overlords Our managerial class is asserting itself, drunk with its own power

Aris Roussinos

25.09

Why Covid can’t cancel Christmas There is much to be gained by knocking out of all the cheap commercial cheer

Giles Fraser

24.09

How we all became prisoners of gender Trying to free half the population from our biology has just exaggerated stereotypes

Mary Harrington

23.09

What’s to become of the Lib Dem ‘cockroaches’? More interested in trans issues than the state of the nation, Ed Davey's party is facing extinction

James Kirkup

22.09

Of course Trump can win A repeat of 2016 would reveal the centre-Left as having no response to populism

Matthew Goodwin

21.09

J.B. Priestley, visionary of England The Bradford-born writer's work catches the tenor of its time, and often speaks directly to ours

Boyd Tonkin

17.09

What cats taught me about philosophy By entering our world, our pet felines have given us a window looking out of it

John Gray