William Aslet
William Aslet is the Scott Opler Junior Research Fellow in architectural history at Worcester College, Oxford. He tweets at @Waslet
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene