Nationhood
The fallacy of “British values”
Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The dark future of free media in Europe
A French news channel has been fined for airing unchallenged negative views about migration and climate change
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
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