Chancellor of the Exchequer
Truss for Chancellor!
She might not be the best PM but Britain needs her brain
Everybody needs good neighbours
Has any Chancellor of the Exchequer’s resignation been accorded greater indifference?
The problem with prescriptions
Concerns about over-prescription should not be trivialised or problematised
The blame game
Some terrible villain has made the Conservative Party unpopular. But who could it be?
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Tough on smoking, tough on alternatives to smoking
We should give smokers healthier options, not no options
Stop pampering the left’s attack dog
Hope not Hate are not a reliable judge of what constitutes dangerous extremism
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.