Nehru
Remembering Deepak Lal
To Lal there were no contradictions in defending classical liberalism, democracy, empire and faith in India
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
The hollowness of postliberalism
Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
