Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton and the mystery of the blue plaques
The Famous Five react to Auntie Enid’s cancellation
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
