Childishness
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
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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
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
No taxation on expatriation
With no navy and minimal evacuation efforts, the UK’s demand that citizens abroad pay up is ludicrous
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent