The soul of the hard hat
On competing visions of modern life
The suburbanisation of Stonehenge
Spiritual clichés offer no more than mere commerce
Inside the box
Microdosing, drug use and interiority
The conversion of Jeffrey Dahmer
How should we think about evil?
The authenticity illusion
We all have a little LARPer inside us
The decline of madness
The colourful history of the Tavistock Clinic
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Giles Treadwell
Old-style literary agent
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water