Hal Conte
Hal Conte writes at his Substack and tweets at @conte_hal
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Ukraine’s dangerous friends
The embattled nation must resist the siren song of possible NATO membership
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
The mean queens of the book world
A rare case of a “progressive” employee facing consequences will not change the publishing industry
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
It isn’t ageist to want Joe Biden to drop out
People are concerned about his condition, not his age
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective