Section: Spotlight

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The King of Twitter has said something again. Photo: Greg White/Getty Images
February 18, 2020

‘Eugenics is possible’ is not the same as ‘eugenics is good’ Rows involving Richard Dawkins and Andrew Sabisky reveal how difficult it is to 'decouple' controversial concepts in our heads

Tom Chivers

Monday
17.02

17.02

The slow death of French cheese The real battle for the immortal soul of France is about something far more important than pension reform and yellow vests

John Lichfield

Thursday
06.02

06.02

How Kenya became a tyranny of the minority The late Daniel arap Moi mobilised faith and identity to rule with an iron fist

Christopher Rhodes

Wednesday
05.02

05.02

Why men can’t talk about miscarriage Losing a baby is extraordinarily traumatic for women — but the grief men feel goes largely unrecognised

Harry Carr

Friday
24.01

24.01

The Scottish town that rejected nationalism In East Fife, Scottish nationalism has slowly become more attractive

John Lloyd

Thursday
23.01

23.01

Rural Cornwall is right to be anxious If the duchy is to survive Brexit, something must be done about its not-so-splendid isolation

Tanya Gold

Wednesday
22.01

22.01

The inconvenient truth about transwomen Self-identification puts women, children — and trans people themselves — at risk

Debbie Hayton

Tuesday
21.01

21.01

Boris must be bold: it could save lives Norway has eradicated child road deaths. With the same political will we could fix our own intractable issues

Ian Birrell

Wednesday
15.01

15.01

Why are we locking up patients for profit? Cygnet's fatal failings highlight the shocking flaws in our approach to mental health problems

Ian Birrell

Thursday
09.01

09.01

The blight of farm suicides It's badly paid, lonely, bureaucratic and the most dangerous job in Britain

John Lewis-Stempel

Friday
20.12

20.12

What if you regret transitioning? An alarming number of girls are trying to reverse their decision to live as the opposite sex

Julie Bindel

Tuesday
17.12

17.12

Oh! What a lovely asymmetrical war For the price of a couple of drones or a 3D printer, a small insurgent can have an outsized impact

Mike Martin