Fountain Pens
A Christmas plea for pen and ink
In praise of the small features of civilisation
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
Why do we need a privacy elite?
The world has conformed to Silicon Valley’s way of doing business
Children of the apocalypse
When you tell young people that the end of the world is coming, what do you expect them to do?
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business