The myth of Scotland’s Covid superiority
Scottish Government advisers are using misleading data to promote Scottish exceptionalism
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
