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
The decline and fall of community cohesion
We need a more substantive model of belonging
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
How Putin uses history as a weapon
Russia’s new Tsar has rewritten the national story
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Assisted dying and the suicidal
The culture around assisted dying could aggravate the thoughts of the suicidal
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
