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Hay dude
Hay is the place to go for a literary harvest
Weapon of mass deception
Boris dossier reveals we’re only 45 minutes from the next lie
The nightmare apparent
Has Sturgeon doomed the SNP to mediocre leadership?
Remembering Iraq
We still feel the consequences of that disastrous war
The meaning of rape
There is no case for expanding its definition
A fright in the Dolomites
It’s a bit much to go to dinner at a luxury ski resort and find oneself inadvertently appearing in Fawlty Towers with zombies
Easter angst
Holiday horror looms on the horizon
Whatever happened to the British bohemian?
Twilight of the Soho set
Freedom of speech and the freedom to preach
How can “misgendering” mean you end up in a cell?
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Why do we podcast?
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
