Gary Jones
Gary Jones is a writer and editor based in Hong Kong
Will the Chinese “decolonise” Hong Kong?
Will a newly assertive Beijing seek to “decolonise” Hong Kong of the last visible signs of its colonial past?
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries