Latour-Bellona
Vaccine for the soul
As Britain is about to declare victory over the virus, Christopher Pincher enjoys a Latour-Bellona
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging