Mary Harrington

At their 19th-century peak, English seaside towns welcomed millions every summer. The middle classes flocked to the coastline, to “take the air” and spend their leisure looking out at the waves over which Britannia then ruled.

Locals have been left perturbed by news that a radical Islamist preacher is fundraising to buy the remote Scottish island of Torsa. His aim: to create a global Islamic “homeland” there. Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, originally from Kuwait, claimed asylum in the UK 20 years ago after being jailed in his home country for inciting sectarianism. [...]Read More...

The pioneer dream is deeply engraved in American culture and history. It's simple but powerful: setting forth into the unknown, with just a few

Was the end of Roe v. Wade the beginning of religious conflict in America? The announcement of a sellout abortion-on-wheels clinic at this week's

“Women have no idea how much men hate them,” wrote Germaine Greer in The Female Eunuch (1970). It's perhaps true that women, at least those who spend time online, have more of an idea than we used to.

Labour’s war on pleasure

The appearance on Tucker Carlson’s X interview series of Darryl Cooper, also known as “Martyr Made”, has set off an internet firestorm. The history podcaster claimed that Churchill is “the real villain of the Second World War” as he declined a peace offer made by Hitler in 1940 and insisted on continuing the fight. Cooper [...]Read More...

Should the Government tax the sale of digital devices to support visual artists? Thousands of British artists, organisations, and visual arts industry

What is your digital mask hiding?

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”, asked Henry II in 1170, to no one in particular.