Ben Sixsmith

Ben Sixsmith is an English writer living in Poland. He has written for Quillette, Areo, The Catholic Herald, The American Conservative and Arc Digital on a variety of topics including literature and politics.

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Why are progressives so afraid of Right-wing comedy? A new book warns that it is a 'monster' the Left can't ignore

16 May 2022

Western media should not repeat Ukrainian propaganda Journalists are not approaching claims with proper scrutiny

15 Mar 2022

P.J. O’Rourke: a brilliant satirist undone by the Trump era His writing lost its sting when the MAGA crowd arrived

16 Feb 2022

Joe Rogan is bigger than Spotify The streaming giant is right to stand by its star podcaster

31 Jan 2022

No one should cheer Rachel Riley’s libel triumph Her victory could have a stifling effect

21 Dec 2021

Jack Dorsey’s resignation is bad news for free speech The Twitter founder was a liberal on matters of freedom of expression

30 Nov 2021

Come to Poland, Jeremy Clarkson! The Top Gear presenter is loved here more than anywhere else

19 Oct 2021

There is less pressure to have children than ever before Certain activists are pretending that we're still in the 1950s

11 Oct 2021

How grannies became the new frontline activists Octogenarians are getting themselves arrested — and it makes sense

21 Sep 2021

The danger of fetishising foreign lands

16 Sep 2021

Curtis Yarvin schools Tucker in ‘neoreaction’ The Right-wing blogger joined the Fox News host to discuss his theories of power

09 Sep 2021

The Taliban’s meme war The hardline Islamic group is no stranger to online propaganda

24 Aug 2021

It’s time to welcome back Louis C.K. If you don't like him, don't watch him

06 Aug 2021

The meaning of the Speaker’s Corner stabbing Offensive or irresponsible speech should never be met with violence

26 Jul 2021

John McAfee: America’s last real wild man The creator of the first commercial anti-virus software was one of a kind

24 Jun 2021

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

01 Jun 2021

Another rich sportstar fails to stand up to the Chinese John Cena's apology on Taiwan displays an all too familiar lack of courage

25 May 2021

Why the atheists turned on Dawkins

23 Apr 2021

The key to anti-ageing? Why not try draining the young… again Silicon Valley is betting big on the transfusions of young people's blood

09 Apr 2021

The Mash Report: too Left-wing or just not funny? We don't care if comedy is partisan — just make it good

12 Mar 2021

Andrew Cuomo’s shame should be shared by the media It was the talking heads who raised, praised and erased the Governor

05 Mar 2021

Eating disorders aren’t only about body image

01 Mar 2021

It’s time to stop blaming boomers

18 Jan 2021

Poland’s rise to cultural power

05 Jan 2021

Nick Clegg’s ‘global internet’ is a fantasy It's not only the Chinese who are unconvinced — the West increasingly is too

08 Dec 2020

Andrew Cuomo is not a hero of this pandemic The governor has successfully whitewashed his Covid performance

24 Nov 2020

Inside the chaotic mind of Kanye West The rapper's moments of poignancy faded into a blizzard of frenzied rambling

27 Oct 2020

Jordan Peterson returns from the desert There is rejoicing at the thinker's return — and also some sour disappointment

21 Oct 2020

Hypocrisy is not the worst thing on earth

08 Sep 2020

Why American lives matter most

25 Jun 2020

How to survive in an over-complicated world

12 Mar 2020

Where are Britain’s conservative philosophers?

17 Jan 2020

How Global English became a source of division

04 Dec 2019

What my Polish town taught me about localism

07 Oct 2019

Poles apart: what’s driving Poland’s populism?

01 Jun 2018