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Has the term ‘racist’ become devalued through overuse?
Quite possibly. But racism remains all too real today – even though half the British population deny it exists
If only Britain knew how it was viewed abroad
If the country were a person, it would need its friends to sit it down and deliver it a few home truths about its damaging behaviour to itself and others, says Michael Peel
The problem with trying to resuscitate dying languages
Ross Perlin is determined to support the ‘last speakers’ of endangered tongues, such as Seke. But if these speakers really are the last, they are not, in any real sense, speaking
The horrors of the ‘Upskirt Decade’
The century began as a monstrous time to be famous and female – epitomised by the Tulsa judge who, in 2006, seemed to rule that no woman had a right to privacy in public
Broken dreams
Interviewing the Continent’s refugees and poorest rural inhabitants, Ben Judah reveals a world far removed from Brussels politics or Eurovision optimism
Damned either way
The War on the West is Douglas Murray’s latest blast against loony left wokery, chiefly in the areas of race…
Will we ever recover?
Modern British history can be divided into two parts: before Covid and after. That is the central pillar of this…
Hold on to your hats, boys
The greatest ever social media spat took place before the first tweet was sent, and was conducted via fax, which…
Relish — and cultivate — your grievances
Grudges make the world go around, according to Sophie Hannah. They are ‘an important and fascinating part of human experience’,…
Songs of the blood and the sword
Jihadi Culture might sound like a joke title for a book, like ‘Great Belgians’ or ‘Canadian excitements’. But in this…
The importance of feeling shame
Stuart Jeffries 21 June 2025 9:00 am
Shamelessness is now ubiquitous in our narcissistic society. But to the ancient Greeks shame was a spur to honourable deeds and synonymous with modesty and respect