Addiction
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
Have we got alcoholism wrong?
A new book contends that our approach to alcohol addiction can be irrational and unhelpful
The SNP is failing Scotland
A catatonic government is letting down Scotland’s most in-need citizens
You won’t find God in your iPhone
Church should be where you put aside your iPhone and reconnect to the physical world
The public health medicalisation of taking a punt
Moral panic about gambling addiction poses an existential threat to racing
Hope and despair
It’s difficult not to be encouraged by attendance figures over Christmas
Addicted in art
What role should suffering play in creativity and the consumption of art?
In defence of the right to addictions
Paternalists should stop masquerading as defenders of liberty
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances