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
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak