Drinking
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
The sad decline of London pubs
Or, why the hell can I not get a drink after 9?
Calling time on closing times
Pubs should be allowed to stay open longer
Minimum pricing, miserable results
Minimum pricing has not succeeded even on its own terms
In defence of booze
The dangers of alcohol are being overstated
Osborne’s joyless crusade
Are times not hard enough already?
The virtues of vice
There is always risk with reward
Whatever happened to the British bohemian?
Twilight of the Soho set
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
The awkward truth about sex and free speech
More women should realise that “inclusivity” should not come before freedom
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
