Arthur Jafa
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
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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
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Why does Labour hate our pubs?
The government has to stop taxing the hearts of our communities out of business
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The gateway myth
Does one risky lifestyle choice lead to another or are some people just different?
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre