A flawed analysis on the rise of transnational authoritarianism
György Schöpflin on Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
