Rosie Norman
Rosie Norman is a researcher and occasional writer. She tweets at @rosiee_norman
Something rotten in the state of Germany
The Bundestag has weakened the criminal penalties for child pornography
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge
Red dawn
Following the locals, a shattered Conservative party will need to get used to losing
Toxic relationship
For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try and subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
A bad man writes a worse book
Alastair Campbell’s new book is beneath the level of the bargain bin
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
The renovation of the Heal’s Building
Londoners are sentimental about the early-twentieth-century Tottenham Court Road store, Heal’s
Is Georgia approaching its Euromaidan?
New attempts to curb the activities of NGOs have stirred pro-EU feeling