Behavioural Science
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
The dangerous charms of models
Mask mandates failed
Nudge Nudge Wink Wink
Are policy makers finally waking up to the harms of behavioural science?
Template for technocrats
Nudge taught a generation of experts how to manipulate the public, free from scrutiny
#BeKind and #StaySafe, or else!
How “Nudging” is damaging our society and why behavioural scientists must be held to account
A year of fear
Dr Gary Sidley analyses the language of fear that has been peddled throughout the pandemic
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
High art or high camp?
Elektra, Royal Opera House
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
