Bolsheviks
Georgia on my mind
There is an exodus of Muscovites with money to Tbilisi and Turkey
Fabergé’s fabulous eggs
For decades, Carl Fabergé cast his spell over Russia and beyond
The 21st century Bolshevik
Brexit showed the ruling elite is still terrified by Trotsky’s ideas of working class upheaval
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The problem with precarity
Professional insecurity is harming workers and institutions alike
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration