Gender
Turning a Blind Eye to Misogyny
Liberals and feminists do not consider the oppression of women a pressing concern when done in the name of culture or religion
A Route From the Streets
The Magdalene Group helps women working as prostitutes to change their lives
Park City, Utah: Movie that Pulls Aside the Veil
A new documentary made in Afghanistan has won two awards at the the Sundance Film Festival. Afghan Star could help the cause of feminism there and encourage a desperately-needed sense of national community
Credit Crunch? Get Lippy
In a recession, one type of cosmetics always comes out on top
The Secular Arm
Journalists obsessed with the latest fashionable cause deliberately misrepresented the Pope at Christmas
Desperation’s Noticeboard
Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column by H.G. Cocks
Gone are our Frontier Values
‘The objection to pooftahs was indeed characteristic of Australians, even clever ones’
Wives and Mistresses
Hester by Ian McIntyre
Lady Worsley’s Whim by Hallie Rubenhold
All Human Life is Here
The Arabian Nights translated by Malcolm C. Lyons with Ursula Lyons, introduced and annotated by Robert Irwi
Only One Thing on Their Minds
Sex and Sensuality in the Ancient World by Giulia Sissa
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal