Gym
In arcadia ego
Finite life and Infinite Jest
Pumping irony
Nick Cohen says you don’t need to join a gym to get fit
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Centre for a vassal state
Why is a think tank dedicated to “Inclusive Trade” trying to tie the UK to EU imports?
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
In a manor of shrieking
One haunted house has an infamy above all others: McKamey Manor, in the USA
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
