Conversation
The meaning of memorisation
Minds, like libraries, should be well-stocked
Rules of enragement
At its best Conflicted reminds us of the central importance of meaningful debate
It’s good to talk
Louise Perry reviews How to Have Impossible Conversations by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay
There’s no need to shout
Patrick West reviews You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
