Joad Raymond Wren
Writing the first draft of history
The Great Exchange: Making the News in Early Modern Europe by Joad Raymond Wren
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Gentrification? Better than deprivation
Elephant and Castle has been radically spruced up, but not everyone is happy about it