No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy
Contra Hitchens on the election
It was reasonable not to vote to prevent a Labour majority
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Cancel culture is a culture
Overcoming authoritarianism will take courage, not just policy fixes
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Action Tom
Can Tom Tugendhat MP resolve his vibes problem?
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
