On Podcasts
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Trussed up like an absolute turkey
Those who can’t do politics become podcasters
A gripping insight into cybercrime
Hackers and state institutions are rarely far apart
Getting back on the right track
It is time to explore the world of right-wing podcasts
Sex, lies and relationships
There can be nothing less sexy than people talking about sex
The life and times of a drug smuggler
On the plane, on the boat, on the ground
Podcasters: do as I say, not as I do
Sometimes the best advice is simply not to go on a podcast
A murky story of bioterrorism
Different bogus claims of the authorities left people confused to the point of ambivalence
Alas, a new podcast just doesn’t work
Why does the podcast exist? Vine and Hitchens never explain its purpose
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
To infinity immigration and beyond
Soaring rates of citizenship applications show no signs of slowing down
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment