Gender politics
Life is tough at the bottom of the equality heap
The incident I am about to recount I make no judgment about, other than that I believe it tells us…
Letters: The problem with flying is the airports, not the airlines
Unbearable wait Sir: Like Jenny McCartney, I too am fed up with flying (‘Civilised air travel? Pigs might fly’, 5…
Oh no! Do I have to save the world as well as writing books?
Novelists can’t merely tell cracking tales. We’re supposed to save the world. At the University of Kent, a student implored…
Men behaving badly in suburban California
‘Leonard Michaels (1933–2003) was one of the most admired and influential American writers of the last half century,’ states the…
Top Five reviewed: Chris Rock hits rock bottom
The oeuvre of Chris Rock may not be fully known in this parish. He was the African-American stand-up who made…
Free speech is so last century. Today’s students want the ‘right to be comfortable’
Free speech is so last century. Today’s undergraduates demand the ‘right to be comfortable’
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‘I don’t think you can take the sound of
your own voice as one of the tracks.’
‘We are innocent Russian tourists on riding holiday, looking forward to a good hack…’
‘What I thought might be fun is, we sign a final deal which then immediately shreds itself.’
Hashtags you don’t see
‘It’s a dancing competition in which the judges give their scores, the public votes, and each week a couple are unfaithful.’
‘Brian’s off to watch the golf.’
‘I fear he’s the bearer of bad news.’
‘Are you a Leaver or a Remainer?’
‘Finnegans Woke’
‘I was hoping for a policy proposal.’
‘Grr! It’s the deep state trying to
undermine Jeremy Corbyn.’
