Male or Female: There's Nothing In Between

Since the dawn of our species, the evolution of two distinct sexes has been fundamental to human reproduction. There is no such thing as a ‘sex spectrum.’

Zachary A. Elliott

25 Sep 2023 · 17 min read

Drawings by U.S. sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks (1897-1987), created in 1936 to assist artists in accurately reflecting human proportions.

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The Chandos portrait, likely Shakespeare, early 17th century

The Paranoid Style in Shakespeare Denialism

Against conspiracist trends, there is an obligation on defenders of a liberal society to uphold the integrity of its intellectual methods.

Oliver Kamm

2 May 2024 · 25 min read

Men of the Royal Air Force feeding local children in the Indian famine areas

Bad History at the BBC

A new radio series about the 1943 Bengal famine favours culture-war polemic over rigorous scholarship.

Hira Jungkow

2 May 2024 · 5 min read

Francis Ngannou knocks down Tyson Fury during the Heavyweight fight

Disorder in Heaven

The end of greatness in heavyweight combat sports.

Alexander Blum

30 Apr 2024 · 6 min read

Narendra Modi addressing a gathering Ram Temple

Swastikas of Both Sorts: Hindu Nationalism's Fascist Nostalgia

Hindu nationalism is nostalgic for a golden age that never existed, before the invasions of first the Muslims and then the British.

Anwesh Satpathy

30 Apr 2024 · 11 min read

A Wendat group from Wendake, in modern Quebec, photographed in 1880.

The Wendat World

In the 19th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how Indigenous societies greeted the French influx of the early seventeenth century.