Media
Men are not mothers
The media pretence is insulting to women
Antisocial media
Welcome to the age of the TikTok thug and the home invasion influencer
Why has the Guardian been ignoring Mizzy?
The viral prankster has escaped their typically promiscuous attention
Show me the money
Why do authors so often have such difficulty extracting the fees they are owed?
Close the MP-to-media pipeline
You probably aren’t going to be good at television
A silent whistle
Paranoia about rhetoric does more harm than good
How were we so wrong?
The Iraq invasion was never more than folly
Disinformation and the nation (w/ Fred Skulthorp)
Journalists have to do better to improve trust
Britain’s grooming shame
When will there be consequences?
Britain’s communitarian delusions
Activism inflames community tensions in Surrey
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
