Mutiny
Bastards of the fleet
David Grann writes the definitive tale of the Wager’s descent into madness
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
