Driving Tests
How the DVSA is driving young people mad
Driving tests should be much more accessible than they are
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
Why Twitter needs the libs
Strange as it sounds, we will miss them if they go