03/03/2020 - 12:01am

The world needs curmudgeons We'd fall prey to every hare-brained scheme going if it weren't for grumpy old men and women

Sam Leith

02.03

Children’s literature has lost the plot Are we teaching toddlers to read without teaching them to think?

Polly Mackenzie

28.02

Feminism’s job is far from finished We need young women to stop shouting 'blow jobs are real jobs' and start engaging in meaningful activism

Julie Bindel

28.02

Tinpot Trump is nothing like Hitler Five signs the President is more Central Asian despot than genocidal maniac

Daniel Kalder

27.02

How Jean Vanier abused my trust The fall of this saint-on-earth shows that darkness lurks where you least expect it

Giles Fraser

26.02

The absurd melodrama of modern soaps Once upon a time, soaps gave a sense that ordinary lives were worthy subjects for TV shows

Gareth Roberts

26.02

Unlike Corbyn, Bernie Sanders is not an anti-Semite The American Right's smears smack of cynicism

Tanya Gold

25.02

What the Persians could teach Marie Kondo The secret to successful tidying is to accept that the job will never be done

Polly Mackenzie

24.02

Why is the Left so hypocritical about sex? It won't tolerate anyone who passes judgement on someone's sexual proclivities

Sarah Ditum

21.02

Manchester City were just playing the game The club's ban from the Champions League is an inevitable consequence of modern sport's hubris

Jon Hotten

20.02

Bloomberg the nerd won’t beat Trump The data-obsessed ex-mayor doesn't understand that politics is an art, not a science

Giles Fraser

18.02

Why Boris should bring back conscription We need something more radical than a recruitment drive to fill the gaps in our public services

Polly Mackenzie