Infected blood and infected institutions
Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth
Pathetic fallacy? Pathetic government
Sunak’s sad announcement was miserably symbolic of Conservative failure
The central myth of Conservative centrism
The Conservatives are not suffering because they are too right-wing
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Two sides of the weird frontier
The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
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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
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships