Nichi Hodgson
Parfit Gentil Geeks
Chivalry as a code of manners isn’t dead; rather, its Christian credentials perished centuries ago
Backing the Habit: Life as a Nun Today
English convent life has slipped out of sight. But women in holy orders still have a crucial role in an increasingly secular society
Star-crossed Purposes
Book review of The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
ONLINE ONLY: Dust Busting Today’s Gender Myths
On the centenary of International Women’s Day, feminist attitudes to gender roles and the pay gap need reevaluating
Girl Power
The Fawcett Society’s review has an unrealistic and unhelpful take on female disadvantage
ONLINE Only: The Empress’s New Clothes
Does ‘Fashion Maketh Woman’? Nichi Hodgson, having attended the Intelligence Squared debate, has her doubts
Is the North Grim?
The press unfairly portrays the North as a lost land of poverty, crime and social tensions
London and the Fornicating ’50s
Capital Affairs: The Making of Permissive Society by Frank Mort
Oxford Literary Festival — Day Two
Online only: Commentary from the final day of the Oxford Literary Festival
Oxford Literary Festival — Day One
Online only: Commentary from the opening day of the Oxford Literary Festival
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