Free State
Free State or failed state?
The collapse of the Irish party system is news, there and abroad
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Saltburn and the significance of sound
Why has Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” caught the world’s attention again?
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
