Sam Bowman
Sam Bowman is Director of Competition Policy at the International Centre for Law and Economics.
Why the government’s planning overhaul won’t fix the housing crisis
Don’t waste an opportunity to solve Britain’s biggest problem
Live free and die: Sweden’s coronavirus experience
What have we learnt from the coronavirus outlier?
Why the coronavirus shutdown is worth it
Decisive action to slow the spread of Covid-19 is a no brainer
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war