Human Nature
Human nature
We must understand our vices as well as our virtues
The distinctiveness of human aggression
A review of The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution by Richard Wrangham
Our throwaway society
A trip to the waste disposal site provides an insight into human nature
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition