Ali Miraj
Ali Miraj is a political columnist for TheArticle and regularly appears on Sky News and talkRADIO. He founded the Contrarian Prize to recognise the independence, courage and sacrifice of British public figures whose ideas challenge the status quo. He is also a House music DJ and has performed at leading venues around the world. By day he works in the City as an infrastructure financier.
The beat will go on
The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the nightclub industry, but will the shifting landscape sow the seeds for an entirely new era of clubbing?
In a woke world, be a Contrarian
The Contrarian Prize celebrates British public figures that have the chutzpah to challenge the status quo
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts