Ryan Else
Ryan Else is a South African living and studying in the United Kingdom. He tweets at @Ryan_Else7
The collapse of the “Rainbow Nation”
The rise and fall of secular religion in South Africa
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Academia must not dissolve scholarship into politics
Scholarly rigour must be put above ideological virtue signalling
Toffs, trials and tradecraft
The best police procedurals unpeel the place where the drama unfolds
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
The Olympic boxing row isn’t just about sports
Men should be more sensitive towards female concerns about inequalities of strength
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling