Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
All roads lead to WPATH
How the strange, dark history of the gender movement built our strange, dark modern world
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
