The decline and fall of eating out
Our priority is therapeutic: to be comfortable and feel welcome
Culture
Thursday
Members’ clubs are having a moment
Might the uptick in club openings tell us something profound?
Saturday
Mowing the lawn is underrated
It’s technically a chore, but more leisure activity than work
Monday
The dangerous rise of academic diversity quotas
‘White men need not apply’ is corrupting science
Monday
Ain’t that good news
Rather than preparing to live out the rest of this century in misery, I’m now giddily optimistic
Sunday
America’s rural population is shrinking
The trend that spells doom for the country
Sunday
The death of literature
Literature in the West is dead for the simple reason that the West itself is virtually dead
When migrants come, their culture does too
Politicians and the media have done their best to downplay the post-2015 wave of harassment and assaults
Friday
Why we need bullfighting
The art of the corrida teaches respect for mortality
Monday
From Cool to Cringe: what’s happened to American culture?
What’s happened to American culture?
Monday
Diversity means culture, not race
America must teach immigrants how to be Americans
Friday
Bring back our bitchy celebs!
You would have to be quite odd not to approve of the sudden surge of solidarity amongst Hollywood stars of the female persuasion. (Though I did wonder, when Frances McDormand called so movingly during her Oscar-winner speech ‘Meryl, if you do it everyone else will!’ whether she meant ‘Suck up to Weinstein for years’ or … Read more
