grandchildren
Do you want grandchildren?
The human consequences of an acrimonious debate
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Talking to young man about Andrew Tate
You cannot educate the urge to transgress out of young men
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?