On a different plane
British air power in theory and practice
The study and the slaughter
Geopolitics as a rhetoric of power
Ideas, influence and international politics
The academic origins of geopolitics explained
What is geopolitics?
The origins of a contested concept
Glastonburied (w/ David Butterfield)
Can we keep live music alive?
The end of the line?
Arriving at our destination
Hitting the buffers — when rail fails
Bold projections and frustrating results
Rail riddles — the complex practicalities of rail travel
The realities of rail, from the US to China
Tracking modernity — trains in the modern world
On the complex realities of rail
The wisdom of gamekeepers (w/ Patrick Galbraith)
Deer, eels and Philip Larkin’s lawnmower
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
Will Starmer’s immigration gambit backfire?
The prime minister might have opened a box that he cannot close
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
