Reporting from the front lines of the relentless drive to get back to normal, no matter what.
Tag: lockdown
A Change Is As Good As A Rest
Why can’t we try to make the New Normal an improvement on the Old Normal?
Prohibitionists And The Dangers Of The Empty Gesture
Closing pubs at 10 pm will do nothing to combat the second Covid wave, but everything to further destabilise and demonise drinking.
FrightFest Is Struck Down By Covid
Britain’s biggest horror film festival falls victim to the expanding Covid crisis.
Covid Is Making Us Cross
How the pandemic has led to entrenched beliefs and a mistrust of disagreement and debate.
We Don’t Need No Education
Melissa Todd makes the case against sending kids to school.
The Reprobate Podcast Episode 5: Terry Stephens
On the latest episode of The Reprobate Podcast, we’re talking to British adult filmmaker Terry Stephens about how the lockdown has affected the sex industry and the current resurgence in anti-porn prohibitionism.
The Not-So Great Cover Up
The case against compulsory mask-wearing.
Just Wear A Fucking Mask
Scoffing at the idea wearing a protective face covering in public places is neither big or clever.
The Reprobate Podcast Episode 3: Cooking Lager
In this episode, we chat to beer blogger and alcohol influencer Cooking Lager about the reopening of pubs this weekend, the experience of returning to the boozer after months of isolation, the joys of Wetherspoons, cultural snobbery and eccentric pub chain owners. Best enjoyed with a beer in hand.
Ale In The Time Of Pandemics
Keri O’Shea returns to the pub after three months, and lives to tell the tale.
The Reprobate Podcast Episode 2: David McGillivray
In the latest Reprobate Podcast, we discuss the politics of social justice and the shifting tides of acceptable speech, free speech, book burning and the politics of lockdown.