MONDAY JANUARY 20, 2020
Education
Computer science lecturer, Stuart Reges, wrote an article for Quillette questioning conventional narratives around the gender gap in his field. He was subsequently demoted and placed on probation by his university. Here he explains why he continues to speak out.
Review
In creating a popular sub-culture with its own system of belief, Kimberlé Crenshaw is one of the most influential American intellectuals of our time, argues Coleman Hughes.


"If a historically-themed game is well-designed, then your decisions make a certain kind of internal sense. That dark logic is what stays with you—as an explanation of why people acted in a certain way at a certain time," writes Jon Kay.


The political cult inspired by The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments overlooks Margaret Atwood's best work, argues Cathy Young.

Comedian and podcast host Jamie Kilstein talks to fellow stand-up Paul Provenza about Ricky Gervais’s monologue at the Golden Globes and whether comedy is finally emerging from under a cloud of woke humourlessness.
Inquiry
The dating market for educated women is getting tougher. Vincent Harinam and Rob Henderson explain why.


Former Tavistock clinician, Marcus Evans, worries that patients are being fast-tracked into gender transitions without adequate attention being given to other psychological needs.


Why our social instincts frequently overpower our capacity for objectivity.


Gambling has become an easy way for lawmakers to raise revenue without losing votes, yet its impact is similar to opioid abuse.


White supremacists have more in common with school shooters than those radicalised online by ISIS or al-Qaeda content, writes military historian Yagil Henkin.

Obituary





Daniel Hannan, the Conservative Member of the European Parliament for South East England, talks to Toby Young about his lifelong friendship with the late Conservative philosopher Sir Roger Scruton.