Podcast
Out of the Ashes (w/ Nick Timothy)
Will England triumph in 2023?
Between two superpowers
Rail in the development of the USA and the Soviet Union
Blood on the tracks — rail transport between the wars
A golden age of trains, before a dark age for the world
The making of an energy horror story (w/ James McSweeney)
Grab some popcorn and prepare to scream
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
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
