Francis Hoar
Liberty in lockdown
Is it time to release democracy from quarantine and resuscitate the rule of law?
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
