The real cause of generational warfare
The internet has collapsed the space between young and old and exposed previously hidden divides.
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A brief history of “woke drinks”
In declaring a negroni the signature drink of the woke, GB News has forgotten about craft beers and natural wine.
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Is “National Conservatism” a dead end for the Tories, or a sign of what is to come?
Rishi Sunak may be tempted by an ideology of muscular nationalism – but he would risk alienating British voters.
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How Judy Blume became a lightning rod in the culture wars
The frank explorations of puberty and sexuality that made her books radical in the 1970s are newly controversial in the…
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The absurdity of Liz Truss blaming high taxes on woke culture
By making wokery the bogeyman for an economic disaster she’s implicated in, Truss has given the game away.
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The right have a secret: they are the true snowflakes
Culture warriors can’t help but display the behaviour they seek to criticise. Listen to them, then throw their words back…
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The furore over Oxfam’s “woke” language guide misses the point
The media attack on the charity’s “inclusive” wording forces us to choose between blustering bigotry and preening sanctimony.
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Britain’s original culture wars
A new history of the 17th century reminds us how bitter ideological conflicts have shaped our democracy.
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Konstantin Kisin: “Being anti-woke isn’t making you happy”
The podcaster is the viral man of the moment. But does he really have anything to say?
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Katharine Birbalsingh doesn’t understand private schools
Elite education is not “woke” at all.
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Bret Easton Ellis: “Wokeness is running out of room”
The Shards is the famously morbid author’s latest “trickster book”. He prefers cabinet shopping to culture wars now.
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The year woke broke: a brief history of a contested word
From Suella Braverman to Elon Musk, war has been declared on liberalism. How did one word come to mean so…
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Beneath the culture wars, we are not nearly so binary
It is possible to both view climate change as an existential crisis and support JK Rowling’s view on trans rights.
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The woke brigade isn’t cancelling Christmas
Complaints about Christmas inclusivity are designed to stoke grievance and division.
ByA brief history of “woke”: how one word fuelled the culture wars – Audio Long Reads
From Suella Braverman to Elon Musk, war has been declared on liberalism. How did one word come to mean so…
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“Woke policing” isn’t to blame for rising crime
There are quite a few police officers who could do with being a little more “woke”.
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The “woke” may be dogmatic, but social progress owes a lot to religious fervour
Historically – from the abolition of slavery to gender equality – religious-based activism has been effective in enacting change.
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The absurdities of Suella Braverman’s “war on woke”
The Attorney-General claims we live in a country in which diversity, equality and inclusion is the new orthodoxy – if…
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The irony of the Commonwealth Games going woke
Athletes are taking on the contest’s colonial history.
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But what about the right-wing snowflakes?
Those who revel in pointing out the left’s sensitivity and intolerance are easily triggered themselves.
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