Joe Hackett
Joe Hackett is a writer based in London. He writes in a personal capacity and tweets at @JCS_H94
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Think tanks have to think again
Policy wonks either have to work within the system we’ve got or change it
Target practice gone wrong
The RAF’s recruitment scandal exposes loopholes in the Equality Act
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them