Blake Bailey
Is biography having its very own reckoning?
Blake Bailey has become the latest figure to allegedly fall foul of the uncompromising moral standards of American publishing
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
