Davos
We’ll always have Davos
It’s been failing every year since it began but we do need it — or something like it
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
