Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Decline of the underclass
In the 21st century, London has lost its own internal logic
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
Heartbeats at Christmas
On embracing human life as an unqualified good
A.S. Byatt and the follies of magical progressivism
The late novelist understood the dangers of ego-centred delusions
Against Christianity’s cultured admirers
Faith is far more than worldly fulfilment and success
California dreaming
The delight of discovering an affordable California blend
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
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Surprise and tension
Czech Songs: Magdalena Kozena (Pentatone)
Beware of the K-Hype
The strange state of the States
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
Why people love Farage
He is Britain’s only MP with “Rizz”
Remember the Armenians
The West has turned its back on the world’s oldest Christian state
