Last weekend’s FiLiA meeting in Brighton had more to contend with than the useless politicians and the violent men outside. There were also, as Julie Burchill reports, the ‘Feminists for Islam’: The first sign that something might have been amiss at FiLiA was a hijab’d woman selling similar head-coverings in the foyer. ‘What next, binders?’, Sonya…

“The festival was supposed to celebrate 250 years of Jewish life in Sweden. Now, they’ve been forced to suspend. Even if a theater claims they refuse for “safety and security concerns,” and not outright antisemitism, they are still empowering Jew-hatred and complicit in it.” Malmo in Sweden, Birmingham here in the UK. The new Europe.…

The solid old native UK trees like oak and beech show their best autumn colours in November, but with the introduction of ornamental non-native species like maples and American sweetgums and the like in parks and on streets we’re now treated to some glorious October displays. From some recent bike rides: Victoria Park Brecknock Road…

A vision of total Islamist misogyny. Men, bearded, brandishing their rifles, celebrating the end of women’s education…

Joan Smith at UnHerd: Students at the London School of Economics (LSE) have tried to cancel a private meeting to discuss sexual violence committed by Hamas during the October 7 attacks of 2023. The event went ahead last night with a heavy police presence as pro-Palestinian protesters chanted anti-Israel slogans outside the building. Inside, an Israeli lawyer…

Yes, it’s “Lia” Thomas, but not as you’ve seen him before. Normally he’s on a podium, smirking and towering over the women he’s just beaten in the swimming event. Now he’s wearing a ridiculous dress – for the first time, perhaps, given how badly it fits his very masculine and very large figure. The Violet…

From John Aziz in the Free Press (via Jerry Coyne): But even cornered and diminished, the Islamist movement that started this disastrous war remains as determined as ever to cling to power. Within a day of the ceasefire taking effect, Hamas’s internal security forces were staging public executions. Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel were dragged…

A new report shows that trans identity is in decline across US universities. Jo Bartosch at Spiked: Drawing on surveys of more than 60,000 US undergraduates, the report finds that the share identifying as a gender ‘other than male or female’ peaked at 6.8 per cent in 2023. It has since fallen to 3.6 per…

The Iranian threat to Israel has, if not disappeared, at least been dealt some heavy blows by Israeli action in the past couple of years – against Iran itself, and against its Hamas, Hezbollah and Youthi proxies. What next? Well, according to Yaakov Lappin in the JC, if Erdoğan has his way it could well…