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
Former spin doctor divulges on India’s ruling dynasty
Sanjay Jha’s new book reveals the degeneration of the oldest party in the world’s largest democracy
The lesser-known Orwell: are his novels deserving of reappraisal?
George Orwell has a gift for the unusual and the memorable that means that even his half-forgotten novels are well worth discovering once again
Beware of Bad Ideas
The democratic state has a duty to act as an ideological gate keeper to protect society
England’s Caravaggio
Matthew Craske’s book challenges the prevailing idea of Joseph Wright as product and servant of rationalism and Enlightenment
Books to look forward to this year
There is a great deal to look forward to this year, and hopefully not that much to dread
The Cummings I knew
Did Dominic Cummings learn his management style from Klute Nightclub in Durham?
On nodding terms
Thomas Woodham-Smith says the most vocal customers rarely buy
Quiet, you’ll get yours in a minute
He’d have wanted “Dropping the Pilot”
The BBC’s worst mistake
A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC