Lord of the Flies
We can’t publish this!
The beloved classics that were repeatedly rejected
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
The end of Peel’s police?
She invokes a vanished age of policing, but Shabana Mahmood’s reforms point towards a more continental model of policing
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Two cheers for Keir
Keir Starmer enjoyed a warm end to a chilly premiership
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Faith in fakes
Baudrillard warned that politics would become a world of signs detached from reality. Manchesterism suggests he was right