Violence is power in Northern Ireland
A cynic might think that a degree of loyalist violence in Northern Ireland was all part of the Brexit calculation
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
