Byrne Hobart
History rebooted
Humanity can’t stay stagnant for long
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Student Loans don’t add up
a fairer way out of a
disastrous policy mess
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes