Podcast
The rail war
From Belarus to Belgium WWI was a war enabled by the steam train
Defenestrating a feminist filmmaker (w/ Vaishnavi Sundar)
Trans debates have erupted in India as well
The uncivil service (w/ Radomir Tylecote)
Is Britain becoming a synthetic democracy?
The limits of nationalism (w/ Adrian Pabst)
What is the proper place of the nation in a globalised world?
Writing the world to rights (w/ Jo Bartosch)
Making a difference from your desk
Across the universe
How railways conquered the world
Hope for helots? (w/ Tom Jones)
It is no surprise that the young are disaffected
Tracks across America
Rail and the development of the USA
Atlantic to Pacific
Travelling across Italy and the United States
Sports inequity
Modern academia wants us to believe six impossible things before breakfast
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Reasons to be cheerful
A pessimist tries to summon up Christmas cheer
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
