Critical Mash
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
The futility of safeguards for assisted suicide
Lessons from Belgium and the Netherlands
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
