Far from being a fringe movement London Pride attracted more than 1.5 million in 2019. Credit: Getty

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LGBT: an elegy for the L and G More and more young people claim not to be straight

Rapper Loki: Class, not identity, should drive politics Freddie Sayers discusses the taboo of social class with the Glaswegian musician

Paying for housework is not a victory for feminism Not everything is a financial transaction

Mary Harrington

Thursday, February 25

What’s a high-status meme worth? Christie's auction house is selling Instagram posts under the guise of high art

A second helping of Eat Out to Help Out? Don’t make me sick! It is a backwards, overcomplicated way to subsidise the restaurant industry

The new leader of the international liberal order Over the last 20 years, Japan has established itself as a major geopolitical force

The Today Programme’s glowing report on Xi Jinping Some scrutiny-free coverage from the UK's flagship news programme

How much real opposition is there left in Russia? The emergence of a new party has divided opinion

Wednesday, February 24

Cameron and Blair united against extremism? What could go wrong? The two former PMs have given their blessing to a new terrorism report

The Myth of the ‘Black Community’ The term fails to capture the cultural and political diversity among Black Britons

David Blunkett and Charles Walker join forces to question lockdowns Politicians from Left and Right on being in the dissenting minority

Where have all the workers gone? New data shows the biggest outflow of foreign born workers on record

Tuesday, February 23

Biden’s Equality Act is not the unifying issue he thinks it is The political move has the potential to radicalise suburban mothers

Mary Harrington

Have the Unionists just signed away peace in Northern Ireland? A loss of faith in the legal system could trigger resurgent loyalist violence

Trump is no Perón — but their opponents were similar Both leaders provoked far greater illiberalism on the part of their rivals

Geoff Shullenberger

Monday, February 22

Do the police know the difference between offensive and offence? The Wirral Police have not covered themselves in glory

White narcissism, not white supremacy, is plaguing America Hate crimes against Asian-Americans cannot be explained away by one theory

The ‘new optimists’ can’t see the wood for the trees Deforestation continues apace — no matter what some analysts say

How to pacify the populists New research suggests that they cause long-term economic harm

Friday, February 19

Uber: the end of the road for the gig economy model The Supreme Court's ruling could have profound implications for other companies

James Bloodworth

California’s Governor won’t get what he deserves Gavin Newsom faces no serious opposition despite his poor leadership

Claire Lehmann: Facebook has made a bad miscalculation Quillette's founding editor discusses the company's decision to pull news content

Why Left and Right alike fall for junk economics Is there such thing as a free lunch after all?

The Borgesian brilliance of Adam Curtis The documentary maker's films stand out for their art — not journalism

Thursday, February 18

Let’s face it: Test, Trace and Isolate was an expensive failure £22 billion was made available — so where are the results?

Keir Starmer’s ‘significant intervention’ was anything but Labour will need more than a few retail policies to remain relevant

Why we don’t tolerate Covid deaths among the over 70s New research shows that there’s much more life to live even at that age

If even David Icke fans aren’t anti-vaxxers… A report on high levels of vaccine hesitancy inadvertently shows the opposite

Wednesday, February 17

Remember that you are dust: why Ash Wednesday still resonates As the visible world recedes, and the invisible one seems to move a little closer

Joe Biden’s easy ride with reporters Trump or no Trump, America's press looks in bad shape

Is this the solution to Britain’s housing crisis? Give residents a vote on beautiful new streets

Free speech on campus — what’s not to like? It's not clear what critics of the Government's new white paper object to