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Geopolitics in the modern world
How does it help us to understand our times?
Dump the pumps
People are not going to buy a product they don’t like
Oxfam’s degrowth agenda
Why do so many NGOs pursue a radical green agenda that will hurt the poorest most?
The Crystal Palace Subway
London’s buried treasure is getting a fresh polish
Why drag is not the same as pantomime
In pantomime, we know that people are pretending
The Catalan gridlock
Catalans are losing their identity as well as their hopes for sovereignty
Social media can be good for young people
It has its risks, but what doesn’t?
Badenoch’s guidance is a classic Tory fudge
It clarifies far less than it leaves confused
George Eaton was not responsible for Roger Scruton’s firing
The Conservatives were ultimately responsible
The geopolitical prescience of Handel
On opera’s flirtation with current affairs
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
