Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
The problem with precarity
Professional insecurity is harming workers and institutions alike
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Beyond mental health awareness
The roots of better mental health may lie deeper than we are willing to admit
The limits of vengeance
We should be careful to avoid natural outrage inspiring irrationality
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
For the love of Juche
Inside the sad world of North Korea apologists
In praise of perseverance
Satisfaction comes through effort and resolve
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
