Goals
Self-help with Samuel Johnson
Improving ourselves takes good principles, not mere goals
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang