Podcasters: do as I say, not as I do
Sometimes the best advice is simply not to go on a podcast
Politicians have patronised the public for decades
Successive governments have failed to accept that their ideas are not just unpopular but wrong
The quest for “positive role models” is quixotic and depressing
Young people should not have to look to celebrities for affirmation
The British establishment has completely failed
The secret Afghan resettlement scheme offers an insightful look into the depths of elite irresponsibility
Bob Vylan are a product of the establishment
The controversial duo are more tedious than frightening
Andrew Cuomo and the evils of moderates
Zohran Mamdani’s success in New York should come as no surprise
Publish or be damn sceptical
Exciting new developments in “the death of the author”
Britain failed Harry Dunn
The American who killed him should not have escaped justice
The Conservatives should not be thanked on grooming gangs
They have exploited public outrage over the issue
How much will Reform reform?
The party is not living up to the transformative energy that has pushed it up the polls
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The great American dream
Beware the lure of the vast US market
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines