Masks
You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
Faith Masks
The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful
Saving Face
Like a home-made mask, our tolerance is wearing thin
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
