Tom Chesshyre
Tom Chesshyre is author of Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys (Summersdale)
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
Misappropriating motherhood
La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
The name game
There’s a meeting of the world’s most important leaders, and Rishi has been invited along, too
Pathetic fallacy? Pathetic government
Sunak’s sad announcement was miserably symbolic of Conservative failure
Hungary: treading a fine line
Can it stay equidistant from the great powers while maintaining trade connectivity?
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
The future of higher education
How can universities be more efficient and effective?