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The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
It’s the money supply, stupid
How the Keynesian blinkers of Democrat economists led to a second Trump victory
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
