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Do we really need Scrabble to be more ‘inclusive’? Culture

Do we really need Scrabble to be more ‘inclusive’?

23rd April 2024
Why Kurt Cobain lives on Culture

Why Kurt Cobain lives on

5th April 2024
Don’t shed any tears over Olivia Colman’s pay packet Feminism

Don’t shed any tears over Olivia Colman’s pay packet

27th March 2024
Tom Cruise: the last great Hollywood entertainer? Culture

Tom Cruise: the last great Hollywood entertainer?

1st March 2024
Grown-ups don’t need a Disney hero Culture

Grown-ups don’t need a Disney hero

13th February 2024
Who’d go to university today? Politics

Who’d go to university today?

29th January 2024
Why <em>Big Brother</em> still speaks to us Culture

Why Big Brother still speaks to us

11th October 2023
Killing cash will make us all poorer Politics

Killing cash will make us all poorer

2nd October 2023
These heat warnings treat the public like cretins Politics

These heat warnings treat the public like cretins

10th September 2023
How Pixar infantilised the world Culture

How Pixar infantilised the world

25th July 2023
When did Glastonbury become so boring? Culture

When did Glastonbury become so boring?

22nd June 2023
The mindless absurdity of hate-speech laws Free Speech

The mindless absurdity of hate-speech laws

23rd May 2023

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Picasso and the arrogance of the new censors Culture

Picasso and the arrogance of the new censors

17th April 2023
It’s time for Hollywood to grow up Culture

It’s time for Hollywood to grow up

27th March 2023
Lego has gone woke. Seriously Identity Politics

Lego has gone woke. Seriously

7th March 2023
We’re all Americans now Culture

We’re all Americans now

10th February 2023
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