Gen Z: Puritanical about everything except drugs Cocaine use among young people is at a 16-year high

Elizabeth Oldfield

The historical myths about Britain that actually need correcting It's not the joys of empire — and hasn't been for generations

Friday

28.05

Parent: Why I pulled my daughter out of antiracist school Freddie Sayers spoke to Andrew Gutmann about his decision

Should conservatives offer sanctuary to dissidents of the Left? The Right can offer what progressives won’t: letting people be

Stop pretending Peter Tatchell is a perfect man A new Netflix documentary thinks that the campaigner has a spotless past

American universities are not ‘Right-wing’ Ignoring mountains of evidence to the contrary is plainly dishonest

Does leaded petrol cause crime? It was a quirky theory for many years — but now the data is in

Thursday

27.05

The UK Greens are no match for their German cousins One is polling in the single digits, while the other could soon win power

Is Russell Brand a conspiracy theorist? The comedian has lent his support to a major Trumpist talking point

Why is the National Trust so embarrassed by Britain? The group's chairman is leaving — but don't expect anything else to change

Viktor Orbán needs Boris — not the other way round The UK has left the EU, but the Tories remain important players

Alexander Faludy

Wednesday

26.05

Told you so: Charles Darwin next up for cancellation The scientist's reputation is looking under threat

Dominic Cummings’s fantasy: that he invented lockdown The truth is sadly less heroic than he makes out

Study: the culture war that does cut through What may seem like a Twitter brouhaha can have political impact

Tuesday

25.05

Chloe Valdary: ‘wokeism’ is not a religion Unlike Original Sin, the sin of Whiteness has no path to redemption

Another rich sportstar fails to stand up to the Chinese John Cena's apology on Taiwan displays an all too familiar lack of courage

Is it time to sell your Bitcoin? Its crazy ups and downs are scaring prominent investors

A crime wave in the poorest areas shames BLM The movement is hurting the people it was meant to help

Monday

24.05

There is nothing sexist about opposing at-home abortions Politicians should consider the costs of this radical move carefully

Georgia Gilholy

Welcome to post-democracy Politics has become a game for institutional power players, not the voting public

Mary Harrington

Across Europe, the populists are on the march From France to Finland, Right-wingers are surging

Friday

21.05

Jacques Maritain: Joe Biden’s favourite Catholic thinker The President seems unaware of the scarier side of the philosopher's Catholicism

We cannot let the WHO rewrite pandemic history The organisation's about-turn on lockdowns has not gone unnoticed

Masterclass from Belarus: how to survive as a dictator President Alexander Lukashenko has some lessons for other strongmen

Social psychology nearly ruined my favourite film Fight Club's not the same when you know 'subliminal advertising' doesn't work

Thursday

20.05

The border closure debate is turning us into bigots Politicians of all stripes are resorting to ugly tropes about Britain's porous borders

Nicholas Wade: the case for the Covid lab-leak theory Freddie Sayers spoke to the science writer about his investigation into the origins of Covid-19

Revealed: The most important political trend of our time New research shows just how important the education divide is in western politics

Joe Biden is more Ronald Reagan than FDR Both have bumbling, grandfatherly public personas, which they use to full effect

The University of Essex turns on Stonewall The group's misrepresentation of the law is a cautionary tale

Kristina Murkett

Wednesday

19.05

Confusing travel advice only spreads suspicion Contradictory messaging is most damaging to the least powerful

Are British politicians finally getting real on China? MPs sound increasingly hawkish

The seductive app for sexless submissives NewNew lets you pay to control other peoples' lives — what could go wrong?

Mary Harrington

Is anti-tech terrorism the wave of the future? The Unabomber's ideas are spreading from the online world to the real one

Tuesday

18.05

Fired Apple employee: a reckoning is underway Freddie Sayers spoke to the tech engineer about his recent dismissal

Only the Government can truly put an end to ‘wokeism’ An asymmetric culture war has been fought for too long

Will North Wales’ new ‘agender’ mayor accept your apology? Apparently, saying sorry isn't always enough

Monday

17.05

America takes UFOs seriously, so why don’t we? There are a few distinctly American factors at play

Apple’s casual sacrifice of Antonio García Martínez Petitioners demanded an investigation — the tech firm chose to fire him instead

How infographic activism took over social media As soon as a political crisis emerges, a flurry of pastel-coloured graphics follows

Friday

14.05

Douglas Murray and Yanis Varoufakis: the EU is broken Two thinkers of Left and Right find common ground in their critique of the bloc

The psychic powers of the contemporary Left People with superior political opinions know your mind better than you do

Prince Harry has swapped one zoo for another He could have chosen the quiet life — but opted for Hollywood instead

Ceasefire declared in the great Jersey-France whelk war But strangely, the media won't report on it

The focus on Covid variants is becoming an obsession There are too many pessimistic warnings about the potential for catastrophe

Thursday

13.05

Is Christianity the anti-green religion? Christians are torn between plundering nature and protecting it

Tiger mum Amy Chua on Asian-American tensions Freddie Sayers spoke to the best-selling Yale Professor

The digital world won’t harm you A new study suggests the dangers of new technologies are overblown

Are we on the cusp of a suburban renaissance? To keep the shires blue, the Government has a delicate balancing act to pull off

Wednesday

12.05

Share buybacks expose the ingratitude of big business Many corporations are sliding back to the bad habits of the pre-2008 world

Don’t be fooled by the Tories’ Big Government rhetoric Ben Houchen shows the Conservatives are still wedded to free markets

There will be no anti-woke rebellion Millennials won't save us — but the neuro-diverse might

Tuesday

11.05

Why are we celebrating a four-year-old transitioning? Children are too young to make that kind of decision

Should Scotland be partitioned? The logic of self-determination could hurt the SNP in the end

Here in Washington D.C., Dr Fauci is a messianic figure Liberals' worship of the Good Doctor has reached new extremes

Mayor Ben Houchen: why Tories are winning the North Freddie Sayers spoke to Teesside's newly re-elected Conservative mayor

Monday

10.05

Wellness is no replacement for religion Yoga and mindfulness won't fill the spiritual void

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thatcherism died a long time ago — but Labour has only just realised They are up against a very different kind of Conservative now

Status games are targeting motherhood How did having children become reactionary?

Mary Harrington

Stop denying that cannabis is harmful Despite the predictable backlash, an Irish awareness campaign was right

Saturday

08.05

The overlooked election factor: Stockholm syndrome After a year of pandemic, have voters fallen in love with their captors?

Friday

07.05

Tory Britain is not the ‘new Hungary’ Contrary to certain Left-wing claims, Boris Johnson is not Viktor Orban

Alexander Faludy

The Tories: the Doctor Who of political parties They are capable of undergoing multiple regenerations while still in office

Now women’s literature is cancelled Changes to the exam syllabus in the name of 'inclusivity' are damaging to women

Kristina Murkett

Cummings is right about pointless pundits Even when they're proven wrong, they act with almost zero accountability

Did Covid-19 come from a lab? A former NYT reporter makes a compelling case...

Thursday

06.05

Another not-so-super Thursday in Cardiff Bay There's a national election today in Wales — but nobody seems to care

Theo Davies-Lewis

Don’t believe the hype: there is no ‘cod war’ in Jersey The British press is, once again, getting carried away

Waiving the vaccine IP is a huge blunder This decision won’t do much good and could actually be harmful

Why Trump should not be banned from social media A debate from earlier this year seems relevant once again

Can Labour win the expectations game? As always, success in today's elections will be measured against expectations

Wednesday

05.05

By the data: UK ethnic minorities are progressing well There is an optimistic picture which has not come into sharp enough focus

Long live the Tartarian Empire! My new favourite conspiracy theory has much to say about modern architecture

Hillary Clinton: we must take back the means of production The former Secretary of State has jettisoned the neoliberal ideas of her past

Edinburgh University rules won’t help trans people Not everyone wants to trumpet their gender dysphoria

Remembering the Unitarian roots of The Guardian This radical religious sect had an outsized impact on British political culture

Tuesday

04.05

The third law of pornodynamics Every action has an equal and opposite reaction — porn included

Mary Harrington

A message to men: sex is not a human right Women, on the other hand, have a right to be protected from harm

Eastern Europe’s Covid lesson: it’s GDP, not lockdowns The region's death rates are among the highest despite tough restrictions

Monday

03.05

If I were Mayor of London, here are 10 cities I’d copy From traffic to tourism, our capital has a lot to learn

Sunday

02.05

Philosopher Matthew B. Crawford: Science has become corrupted ‘Following the science’ is a phrase that we have heard a lot of this year, but what does it actually mean?

Friday

30.04

Call that a makeover? Carrie is no Brigitte Macron When it comes to home makeovers, France's First Lady sets a high bar

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet