Andy Weir
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Why we love pubs
Politicians are squeezing pubs out of existence without understanding why they matter
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded