Where are The Truly Great?
When it comes to how to live a meaningful life, the late left-wing poet Stephen Spender and Jordan Peterson exhibit a surprising amount in common
Soma-ed to the max in Seville
Partaking of the delights of the capital city of Spain’s Andalusia increasingly feels too Aldous Huxley for comfort
Why Brits should care about what’s happening at the New York Times
The increasingly partisan ways of the New York Times is setting an agenda that UK media outlets like the BBC appear unable to resist
A touchline view of the Battle of Danny Boy
An apparent uptick in public interest about the British Army in Iraq includes a dramatic rendition of the Battle of Danny Boy and its aftermath
Our very British brand of totalitarianism
While sales of “1984” went through the roof this past year, Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision is much more likely to come true than George Orwell’s
What would MLK say in an age of Covid-19 segregation?
Many people may soon be facing a choice between civil disobedience and Covid-19 restrictions, for which the words of America’s iconic civil-rights leader remain boldly relevant
Enough with the pity porn
As America passed half a million deaths from Covid-19, the reaction was predictably unhelpful and sensational
Beware the power of muscle memory
The ability to train our malleable minds is both a blessing and a curse—as the grand social re-engineering experiment of Covid-19 lockdowns is revealing
Why are poor people so much nicer than rich people?
It’s a broad generalisation – but the author can only go off his extensive experiences bouncing between the developing and developed worlds
No coffee, please, but Ethiopia can burn
Ethiopia, the home of coffee, falls apart under the world’s muddled gaze while Portugal implements arbitrary Covid-19 restrictions on caffeine consumption