The heterodox cabinet

The Russell Brand of ancient Greece

Education

The ‘lifestyle guru’ is now under police investigation and has taken to hawking magic amulets

Peter Jones

But does anyone sell an amulet that will keep the wearer safe from dodgy salesmen?

Cockburn

The problem is that this new chapter looks very like a man spying an opportunity to air his ego

Theo Hobson

It was no Woodstock

Juan P. Villasmil

Religion

There is a growing awareness among intellectuals on the right that only the remnants of Christianity are keeping western civilization from the abyss

Jane Stannus

Religion
May 1, 2024
What to expect from Russell Brand’s baptism
Brand over-invested in the cult of sexual hedonism, and can probably never lose the aura of sleazy preening libertine
Theo Hobson
Health
October 23, 2023
Are Barack Obama and Russell Brand in a cult?
They are fans of neuro-linguistic programming, which is not rooted in science; it’s rooted in exploitative opportunism
John Mac Ghlionn
Culture
September 18, 2023
Russell Brand’s reckoning
His ‘jokes’ were excused because his audience regarded themselves as cynical, worldly sophisticates
Lloyd Evans
August 16, 2020
Russell Brand: Margaret Thatcher was a ‘woman-man’
Male comedian decides which women get to be feminist icons
Cockburn