Section: Essay

Total Results: 1016


Men do not understand what it is like to be a woman. Credit: Ritesh Shukla/NurPhoto via Getty Images
13 Mar 2021 - 12:30am

Why don’t women feel safe? Personified danger has always been far scarier than statistical risk

Tom Chivers

Friday, 12 March

12.03

The myth of tabloid racism The febrile atmosphere whipped up by the Sussexes is already taking its toll

Douglas Murray

Thursday, 11 March

11.03

Why aren’t we at it like rabbits? Bunnies used to be sexy — until the culture wars caught up

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, 10 March

10.03

The trivialisation of trauma Many academics care more about their own mental health than the victims of gruesome atrocities

Simon Cottee

Monday, 8 March

08.03

How home-schooling scarred my kids The disruption caused by closing classrooms will remain with them for years

Sam Leith

Saturday, 6 March

06.03

Europe’s guilty conscience EU leaders wilfully misunderstand the problems of Muslim immigration

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Friday, 5 March

05.03

Our narcissistic view of death Memorialisation has become more about the living than the dead

Giles Fraser

Thursday, 4 March

04.03

The woke battle for cultural imperialism The use of language to impose a worldview can easily become violent

Mary Harrington

Wednesday, 3 March

03.03

Twilight of the American empire After years of liberal imperialism, the US has finally overstretched itself

Aris Roussinos

Saturday, 27 February

27.02

How to stop China’s long march The world is now wide awake to communist hostility — coordinated action must follow

Edward Luttwak

Friday, 26 February

26.02

Confessions of a female journalist Revealing secrets has become a commodity with the power to make or break a career

Sarah Ditum

Thursday, 25 February

25.02

Are you a ‘basic conservative’? As Tony Soprano shows, we all long for clear-cut social norms — even if we disobey them

Ed West