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Ideas, influence and international politics
The academic origins of geopolitics explained
The globalisation of sin taxes
The FCTC is a revealing exemplar of the unaccountable global quangocracy
Peckham, protests and “parasitic merchants”
Demonstrations have exposed the tribal underbelly of modern Britain
Espionage and the presumption of innocence
Even alleged Chinese spies are innocent till proven guilty
Sound of a free press?
How did a film wishing to highlight the sexual exploitation of children become a culture war?
Bans work, actually
On the myth of authoritarian ineffectiveness
Sunak Mirror
Charlie Brooker couldn’t imagine anything so bleak as the Conservatives in 2023
The sad side of “smokefree”
Let’s not pretend that there are no benefits to smoking
Low nicotine, low profits
Well, that’s the end of ultra-low nicotine cigarettes
The persecution of Christians
Blasphemy laws are making the lives of religious minorities impossible
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Recreational rioting
Is your right an existential threat to the nation or just blowing off steam? It depends on which flag you’re waving
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
