High Fashion
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done