NHS Clap
How Covid paved the Road to Serfdom
Hayek suggested a society which sacrificed liberty for security would gradually submit itself to authoritarian control
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
Great big rain showers
C Schumann/Grieg: Piano concertos (Signum)
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
Nigel Farage had a point on Ukraine
Putin is the aggressor, yes, but Western states still behaved irresponsibly
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
How short is an arm in the arts?
ACE’s politicisation goes back all the way to the Blair government
Not everyone should be in therapy
Over-medicalisation hurts the healthy and the suffering alike
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
Their generation
How young rockers became venerable sages
Trump the peacemaker?
Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
