William Poulos
William Poulos is a teacher and journalist. He tweets at @w_poulos
Glaring omissions of a whistle-stop tour
Carey is the tour guide of a magnificent villa telling of the wonders that lie beyond a closed door
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
Elon Musk versus the EU
A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom
The mean queens of the book world
A rare case of a “progressive” employee facing consequences will not change the publishing industry
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
Sheikhs on a train
Patronising foreign people, and other progressive trends
The British family is nuclear powered
Sorry, post-liberals, but in Britain communitarianism is not traditional
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy