Andrew Saint
When London really was built back better
This is an eloquent book that describes the architecture, culture, topography, and social life of a vibrant city
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The right-wing case for social media
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Entebbe and the Israeli way of war
Fifty years after Israel’s most audacious hostage rescue, its legacy still shapes how the country understands security, citizenship and war
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
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I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement