August 14, 2020

Ben & Jerry’s pitiful ‘wokescreen’ The ice cream maker's attempt to shame the Home Secretary on Twitter didn't go according to plan

Douglas Murray

14.08

How offensive is Edinburgh Festival? If new legislation passes, actors could be criminalised for hurting an audience member's feelings

Joan Smith

13.08

The proud history of Tory socialism An enemy of liberalism in all its guises, my political tradition is regularly misunderstood

Giles Fraser

12.08

Why exams pass the test of time There's a reason our assessment system has outlasted world wars — and will withstand Covid

John Gaston

27.07

Has lockdown broken old habits for good? Most of us are imitators not innovators: that’s why it takes a disaster to bring about change

Peter Franklin

24.07

The shock of the nude Portland's 'Naked Athena' makes a powerful image — but who does the power belong to?

Sarah Ditum

24.07

Who paved the way for the populists? Anne Applebaum's book ignores the real drivers of dissatisfaction with liberal democracy

James Bloodworth

22.07

A cautionary tale for today’s ‘woke’ movement A superb film about the NYT man who lied for Stalin casts light on today's cultural convulsions

John Gray

15.07

Why we stopped trusting ‘experts’ A new book exposes the most important science story of our time: the replication crisis

Oliver Traldi

13.07

The Left’s shameful silence on China The lack of outrage over the regime's behaviour betrays a deep hypocrisy and lack of principle

Paul Embery

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

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