Matthew Walther
Matthew Walther is editor of The Lamp magazine.
The fascist state of Paw Patrol
There is no society or even commerce, just the relentless force of the police
A classic work of unbridled joy
This is the best popular edition ever produced of one of the most amusing books in our language
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
What’s the point of university during a freedom of speech crisis?
Students should be taught to do more than agree
Lawless and disordered
British police and courts increasingly struggle to maintain public order
Labour won’t survive unless it boosts living standards
People need hope that things can eventually get better
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
That was the night that was
A new dawn has broken, even if the sky is grey
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
The intimacy of thoughts
An excess of technology burdens a cerebral adaptation
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Twilight of the gods
The eclipse of the gilded 1980s generation can be seen as a welcome changing of the guard