Democracy
The real threat to Israeli democracy
How is it “undemocratic” to tilt power towards elected representatives?
On British chumocracy
Playing Six Degrees of Petronella Wyatt
Close the Confucius Institutes
Britain should not be enabling Chinese soft power
Populists: doing us all a favour
Don’t sneer at those who challenge the vested interests of the elite
What we owe the dead
On the community of generations
How liberalism stole democracy
And how to get it back
Confusing populism with tyranny
Gideon Rachman fails to distinguish the strong from those who pretend to be
Democracy without a demos
We have to overcome post-1989 illusions
Frustrating life of a man of ideas
We remain interested in Tocqueville because of the power of his thought, not his life story
Share the power
Why we need more direct democracy
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
