Yesterday's top story on Wisden.com

06/09/2021 - 11:27am

Farewell then Wisden, my sanctuary from the culture war One of the most venerable names in sport publishing has gone woke

Vaccination status on my Tinder profile? No thanks, gov. The Government is now trying to make vaccination sexy

Members event: has lockdown changed us forever? Join UnHerd for its first in-person event in over a year

Tuesday, June 8

Amy Chua: the Kafkaesque attempt to cancel me The Yale law professor endured a battle over imaginary dinner parties

Who really benefits from the plan to ‘vaccinate the world’s poor’? The proposal diverts more funds back to rich countries

Tony Blair is still wrong on his 50% university target It was politically one of the most damaging decisions under his leadership

The latest nonsense US import: ‘BIPOC’ What exactly is meant by 'indigenous' British people?

Will we accept human-animal hybrids? The reaction to a new Netflix series shows that we may not be ready just yet...

Monday, June 7

Why are politicians comparing the LGB Alliance to the BNP? Comparisons like these will inflame the already raging debate around trans rights

Why Jesus College doesn’t want to talk about Uyghurs An academic has put the spotlight on Cambridge's China connections

Georgia Gilholy

What Mary Beard doesn’t understand about Stoicism There is nothing fascistic about the ancient philosophy

Leonidas Konstantakos & Kai Whiting

Don’t dismiss the booers as bigots BLM has alienated large chunks of the country — and it shows

Liberty Energy opens a new anti-woke front in corporate PR Their online rebuttal to North Face could signal the start of a new trend

Mary Harrington

The ‘old normal’ is alive and well in Venice Returning cruiseliners hint that post-pandemic life will be much the same

Friday, June 4

There’s nothing radical about subversive art anymore The Fourth Plinth shortlist shows a cultural elite at a creative dead end

Former press chief: the media was not racist towards Meghan Ex-director of the Society of Editors Ian Murray speaks out about his resignation

‘Re-opening anxiety’ is a middle class concern The pandemic hit the poor hardest, and their stories should be told first

Mercer’s right: veteran suicides are a stain on this nation Another British soldier took his life last week — but does anyone care?

Thursday, June 3

Bangladesh: the world’s hidden success story It's one of Asia's fastest growing economies, but no one talking about it

Plato would not have approved of “Platonic marriages” Framing sexless marriages as progress is not fooling anyone

Today is a good day for Israeli democracy Bibi's defeat gives liberals much to cheer for

Tories, masters of the culture wars? Don’t make me laugh The Conservatives are clueless, and culturally less powerful than the Left

Wednesday, June 2

Will Steven Pinker lose the bet of the century? There's a lot riding on the psychologist's wager with astronomer Martin Rees

Peter Singer: Despite everything, I’m still a cosmopolitan The moral philosopher discusses whether his progressive worldview has come back to haunt him

Tim Martin’s Remainer enemies are missing the point As always, they confuse British control of borders with closed borders

Second homers are a threat to Welsh culture Locals are being priced out of their home turf

Theo Davies-Lewis

The WHO’s opposition to vaping could cost millions of lives Awarding ministers for banning e-cigarettes is incredibly dangerous

Tuesday, June 1

Delaying freedom day will kill clubs — and help organised crime It would risk gifting a slice of the night economy to the black market

Proof at last: Politicos don’t know what they’re talking about New evidence for what may have seemed obvious for some time

Why ‘Blackout Tuesday’ changed nothing Empty social media theatrics have replaced politics for progressives

Falling birth rates are not just a Chinese problem Economic forces are disincentivising women from having babies everywhere

Mary Harrington

Monday, May 31

Gen Z: Puritanical about everything except drugs Cocaine use among young people is at a 16-year high

Elizabeth Oldfield