Josh Barrie
Josh Barrie is a food and drink writer. @joshbythesea
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The art of hospitality
Restaurants should be about more than just the food
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics
