Christian Democratic Union
The strange death of the CDU
The decline of Angela Merkel’s party may return Germany to a Weimar-style splintered parliament
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
