Adversity begets brave new world
Disasters have a nasty habit of appearing from nowhere. They catch communities unaware, and people struggle to understand what a disaster...
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- May 7, 2020
- 7 min
Don’t sacrifice freedom at the altar of safety
It is clear that many people throughout Europe and beyond really fear the threat posed by the coronavirus. So much so that the vast...
- Mar 24, 2020
- 5 min
Covid-19: government can’t solve everything
Britain has gone into lockdown. Outwardly it seems that everything has changed. But the reality is different. The cultural patterns of...
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
Calling those who oppose Covid-19 measures #COVIDIOTS is just another tactic to shut down debate
People who raise doubts about the set up of a police state in response to Covid-19 are denounced as irresponsible idiots. But those who...
- Mar 20, 2020
- 9 min
A disaster without precedent
Covid-19 is a disaster without precedent. Not primarily in terms of the disease itself, but in terms of how we have responded to it. The...
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
For the green zealots, Covid-19 is our penance for sins against the planet
Green zealots want to turn the global catastrophe of Covid-19 into fuel for their alarmist extinction narrative. By blaming humanity’s...
- Mar 16, 2020
- 4 min
Covid-19: stop politicising the pandemic
Throughout history, humanity’s response to major disasters has been shaped by the prevailing attitudes of the day. Our views on the...
- Mar 10, 2020
- 4 min
Panicked politicians who want to be seen to be acting are the real danger of the coronavirus outbrea
It does not help that numerous psychologists are telling us ‘don’t let coronavirus tip society into panic’. As a sociologist with a...
- Mar 9, 2020
- 5 min
How to win the campus free-speech wars
I became a university lecturer almost 50 years ago, in 1974. At that time in British higher education, there were occasional attempts to...
- Mar 2, 2020
- 5 min
Why identitarians can’t handle the Hindus
‘How did British Indians become so prominent in the Conservative Party?’, asked Neha Shah in the Guardian. It is a question many on the...
- Feb 10, 2020
- 7 min
The witch hunting of Daniel Kawczynski
The ease with which Daniel Kawczynski, the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury, was isolated and asked by officials of his party to apologise...
- Feb 5, 2020
- 3 min
Some Islamists cannot be saved
Once again an act of terror has been committed on Britain’s streets by a convicted terrorist who had served only half of his sentence....
- Jan 30, 2020
- 4 min
Coronavirus and the culture of fear
There is nothing unusual about the outbreak of a new virus. In fact, in recent years, such outbreaks have become almost normal. Avian flu...
- Jan 13, 2020
- 4 min
Why young and old people need to mix
A few years ago, when I visited a well-known music venue in Nashville, Tennessee, I was struck by a feeling that there was something...
- Dec 30, 2019
- 6 min
Our right to free expression is in crisis - can we call ourselves a democracy if we don't encourage
In this series, writers give their verdict on the previous decade and predictions for the next. Here, Frank Furedi reflects on the decade...
- Dec 26, 2019
- 7 min
In 2020, we need to fight the new thoughtpolice
During the past decade, and especially this year, those in positions of influence have tried to change the narrative through which...
- Dec 23, 2019
- 6 min
Why age is the new dividing line in politics
The General Election demonstrated yet again that the most important division in UK politics is between old and young. Survey after survey...
- Dec 9, 2019
- 5 min
The Labour Party’s problem with Jews
As someone who is naturally suspicious about the idea that racism, xenophobia, homophobia and Islamophobia are on the rise, I felt...
- Nov 30, 2019
- 4 min
Play ‘self-identity’, make yourself up as you go
Until recently only children were expected to play and pretend they were someone else — a scary lion, Alexander the Great or Superman....
- Nov 21, 2019
- 3 min
Roger Hallam’s insult to Holocaust victims
No doubt many people were appalled when they heard that Roger Hallam, the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, had told the German weekly...