NASA
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Rockets for Christmas
On model planes and lethal missiles
The calamitous course of history
Reading Doom might not save us, but it leaves us with a better appreciation of the complex politics of catastrophe
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
A police school for scandal
Is it any wonder there’s a two-tier policing controversy when officer training is focused on political correctness?
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy