Direct Action
Are we witnessing a new age of emancipation?
Or does ‘direct action’ undermine democratic institutions? Graham Stewart debates with Jeremy Black
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
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
