Archives
Performance politics (with Lola Salem)
On the multi-pronged campaign against reality
Putting politics at the heart of everything
The NHS should care about patients, not ideology
#metoo isn’t just for straight women
Gender ideology is threatening consent
William Golding and the curse of the dream
We must resist the lure of utopianism
The dog won’t hunt
Why are we so dismissive of rural ways?
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Literally Hitler?
Britain may be a fascist country, but the trains certainly don’t run on time
Not coming to a venue near you
How activists have forced a documentary film underground
The contradictions of Keir
Why is the Labour leader’s record such a muddle
How were we so wrong?
The Iraq invasion was never more than folly
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
