Algebra
How algebra cures wokeness
Maybe it’s because the hard sciences are so unifying that they are under attack
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
