India
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
The Modi-fication of British politics
Both parties should stop seeking approval from sectarian Hindu nationalists
The passage from India
The failings of Bazball, like the failings of Britain, are becoming more apparent
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Britain’s Hindu nationalism problem
An ideology of grievance and power could cause problems for Britain
Kill or be killed: the charming cut-throats of the wild frontier
Visiting the site of a long-forgotten siege in the Hindu Kush
Defenestrating a feminist filmmaker (w/ Vaishnavi Sundar)
Trans debates have erupted in India as well
Across the universe
How railways conquered the world
Why Russia is still in business
Poor countries are focused on food and fuel, not black-listing Moscow over the Ukraine war
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
