Ban
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Who’s ready for the Equality Levy?
Birmingham’s bankruptcy is a portrait of Britain’s future
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
