James Pockney
James Pockney is an emerging markets investor and chairman of African Power Corporation
Fair cop
When he gave you a punishment he’d ask if you agreed it was fair
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Maggie’s greatest gift
Touring the Med in the pioneering gastropub that transformed how we eat
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats