Black History
Gaslit history
It is hardly a surprise that most Britons have not heard of Quintus Lollius Urbicus
I wanna be black
The perils of self-identification
Failing Black history
Attempts to “decolonise” school history ignore academic rigour in favour of mere tokenism
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
How the right went wrong
An ill-fated leadership campaign
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
The shell shock of the arts
How will the art world respond to its narrative shock?
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
