Letter from Budapest
Tibor Fischer discovers the first of many Roger Scruton cafés
Mystery of the clicking keyboard
Out of the Ether is an excellent primer on Ethereum, but the general reader might find the minutiae a bit much
Hajdúszoboszló on my mind
Tibor Fischer in Budapest muses on Hungary’s fractious political alliance
Big Brother versus liberty
Firmin DeBrabander’s philosophical musings are the checklist of a left-wing, “progressive” academic
Intellectual Red Bull
László Földényi’s essays are a collection that will leave you feeling sharp and more cultured, says Tibor Fischer
Wild ride for the Bitcoin billionaires
Cryptocurrencies have gone from geek heaven to serious business
American psychos
Tibor Fischer review’s Gimson’s Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson
Of mice and writing advice
Tibor Fischer reviews Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
Closet hippy of the SAS
Billingham is tight-lipped about his time in the SAS. His work afterwards provides the funniest anecdotes
Latin hero of love-torn teenagers
Tibor Fischer reviews A Thousand Kisses by Frederic Raphael
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Prepare for takeoff
Masters of the Air is a visually impressive aerial WW2 adventure with the potential to go far
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
