Judith Butler and the fear of gender
In the 1990s a new philosophy helped open up alternative ways of being. Nobody predicted it would lead to war.
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The price of private education
For as long as boarding school survivors govern Britain, they will inflict their own pain on the nation.
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Lauren Oyler’s defence mechanisms
Can the master of the hatchet-job place herself beyond criticism?
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Battle cry of the Scouse dads
In their book Head North, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram continue to peddle a tired northern exceptionalism.
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Sam Carr Q&A: “We die and are reborn many times”
The psychologist on Jung, Michael Jordan, and what Knight Rider tells us about life’s journey.
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Subscriber of the week: Peter Gorty
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Nostalgia reveals nature’s true value
A sentimental perspective helps identify those essential creatures and habitats we have carelessly lost.
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Child vaccination uptake is falling once again
The current wave of measles cases can be traced back to the cost-of-living crisis and cuts in NHS health visitor…
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As a deadline approaches, I become a master of distraction
The problem with being paid upfront is that one feels the work has somehow magically been done already.
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The larger-than-life choreography of (LA)Horde
The collective’s eclectic, unconventional productions somehow work.
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I’ve learned to love the Disaster House. But will it love me back?
When we moved in there was a sadness in the crumbling walls. Now, the house seems able to breathe again.
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This England: To Enderby and beyond
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Mary & George is improbable, overblown and really quite rude
Despite its melodrama and cliches, this series about sex in the royal bedchamber is just a little bit mesmerising.
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The case against therapy in schools
A provocative new book argues that the therapy industry is exacerbating our children’s mental health crisis.
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Robbie Robertson’s sounds of America
In the Sixties, the Canadian musician defined Americana. On his score for Killers of the Flower Moon, he blew it…
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Britain’s new oligarchy
Tom Burgis’s Cuckooland shows how the power to shape our politics is available to the highest bidder.
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Origin: an awkward adaptation of complex race theory
Ava DuVernay’s take on Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste is a lesson in the history of prejudice – and the perils of…
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Why the Home Office manipulated the news
No wonder the ministerial department sneaked out its immigration reports. They are damning.
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Sadiq Khan’s silent city
London is no “24-hour city”. It struggles to stay up beyond midnight.
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The narcotopian dilemma
Why liberal societies are helpless in the face of the global illegal drugs trade.
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