John Nash
John Nash is overrated
Against neat-freak planning
The life and loves of John Nash
Andy Friend provides a readable account of Nash’s life, but omits important detail about how the artist made others feel
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants