Liz Truss
Fashioning divinities
The false gods of Ayn Bland
Are the Left the REAL racistz?
Right-wingers adopting identity politics are doing the bidding of the left
A hopeful debut
But beware of disappointments
Hello Liz
Sweet offerings in the rain
Expulsion from Borisland
We may walk no more in paradise
All hail the dear leader
Liz elected to thunderous (if belated) applause from the loyal party faithful
Why I have hope in Liz
Truss is an optimistic politician who has been underestimated by her detractors
In praise of stupid politicians
Literary intelligence is not everything
Constitutional curiosities
Where do Truss and Sunak stand?
Have the Tories forgotten Northern Ireland?
Its problems have not gone away
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
How did Conservative modernisation go?
David Cameron’s “A-List” has turned out to be second-rate
Flawed paean to a heartless auteur
A lack of empathy goes to the hollowness at the heart of so many Kubrick movies
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
