All that glitters is not gold
Why the “Decade of Health” campaign has left the UK feeling cold
The metrics of fear
How the UK has been scared into submission
Counting the dead
How the UK failed at the logistics of death when it mattered most
Liberty in lockdown
Is it time to release democracy from quarantine and resuscitate the rule of law?
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
Power, money and the English city
The development of English urbanisation
JD Vance’s tech policy is a MAGA microcosm
Does JD Vance hope to restore the Jeffersonian tradition of freedom?
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Ireland’s surrogacy scandal
The Irish inferiority complex grasps at any first — no matter how low
A new low for women’s sport
The International Olympic Committee has disgraced itself
The warp and weft of women’s history
This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
The problem with precarity
Professional insecurity is harming workers and institutions alike
