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
Boris Johnson: a quarterly report
Vaccination may have saved Boris Johnson from voters’ vengeance for Britain’s Covid disasters, but he’s not out of the woods yet, warns Nigel Jones
Shostakovich: Symphonies 9 and 10 (LSO Live)
In terms of sheer wealth of experience, few conductors can compare to Gianandrea Noseda
How EU propaganda is targeting the youth of the UK
It is clear that the EU is still thinking of its thousand different ways to win, and it is doing so by bombarding the younger generations with pro-EU messages
Fantasy of the magic money tree
Central banks will come under increased pressure to “do good” by politicians
Alexei Stanchinsky: Piano works (Ondine)
Stanchinsky occupies a tonal territory midway between Rachmaninov and Scriabin; an amalgam of suppurating misery and crackpot visionary
How to scotch independence
Can and should the Supreme Court decide the UK border?
Blinded by science
Alasdair Palmer says there is little evidence to show that lockdowns are effective
Putting a price on scholarship
Charles Saumarez Smith on the battle to safeguard the future of some of Britain’s oldest and best-known learned societies