Section: Essay

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A 1989 protest against Salman Rushdie's book, The Satanic Verses. Credit: Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images
07/14/2020 - 1:10am

The historical amnesia of culture warriors Work that's cancelled for being 'of its time' was probably objected to, at the time

Dorian Lynskey

14.07

How the Dutch invented our world Liberal democracy and capitalism would have been impossible without the Dutch Republic

Ralph Leonard

Monday, July 13

13.07

In defence of working-class conservatism Showing respect for left-behind communities doesn't constitute an attack on metropolitan values

Peter Franklin

Friday, July 10

10.07

The awkward truth about Srebrenica A quarter of a century ago, the UK enabled a genocide to take place. Are we doing it again?

James Bloodworth

Thursday, July 9

09.07

Why shouldn’t the curriculum be ‘Eurocentric’? The case for 'decolonising' universities makes no sense, empirically or historically, yet it's winning over institutions of rational debate

Nigel Biggar

09.07

We’d never build another Albert Hall Our indifference to patriotic culture suggests we've hit a new civilisational low

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, July 8

08.07

What’s the point of Parler? The dream of a digital public square available to all is being weakened by economics, not just politics

Gavin Haynes

Monday, July 6

06.07

When will Germany get off its knees? Just when the country needs to show resolve, Merkel is being startlingly naive

Aris Roussinos

Friday, July 3

03.07

How a 1990s book predicted 2020 Christopher Lasch's 'The Revolt of the Elites' detailed how capitalism would radicalise the rich

Ed West

Thursday, July 2

02.07

Blame the parents for this angry activism Today's young adults have been raised without boundaries or authority — no wonder they're lashing out

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, July 1

01.07

Where have all the good politicians gone? Westminster has become so toxic not even Tony Blair wants his kids to become MPs

Ian Birrell

Tuesday, June 30

30.06

The nerd’s guide to football How irrational is that happiness I feel when Liverpool wins a game?

Tom Chivers