Claudia Cockerell
Claudia Cockerell has just graduated with a degree in Classics from Edinburgh University. She is now living in London as a freelance journalist.
All clapped out
Funnily enough, al fresco clapping and Government-mandated walks have lost much of their appeal in the bleak midwinter
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What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
