David Cotter
David Cotter is an academic and musician, lecturing and performing on the international stage. He tweets at @DavidCotter1994
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Our attitude towards MPs is inconsistent
We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career
The end of high quality homes
Michael Gove’s new leasehold reforms risk derailing the economic engine that helped finance some of Britain’s finest suburbs
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry
Social media platforms are still stifling debate
Platforms like Instagram and Eventbrite should learn that a belief in biological sex does not amount to “hate”
Britain must not overregulate AI
Staying competitive in the modern world depends on balancing its opportunities and its risks
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
The secret diary of a parly staffer
Time to find something more productive for mediocre graduates to do
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld