Daniel Defoe
The first futurist
There is more to Daniel Defoe than Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
Where are the calls for blasphemy laws coming from?
We should consider the voters as well as the politicians
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
