National Service
Strawberry fields? Never
The idea of toughening zoomers up with hard labour is a pointless fantasy
National dis-service
Patriotism can’t, and shouldn’t be, compelled
Against national civic service
Citizens should not have to bail out the government
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
