Podcast
Britain and the Blob (w/ Poppy Coburn)
Where does the left have power?
Mission accomplished? (with Ben Sixsmith and Sebastian Milbank)
Assessing the Iraq War and its ongoing effects
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Colonial expansion and industrial development
Did Britain’s 18th century colonies spur the Industrial Revolution?
Performance politics (with Lola Salem)
On the multi-pronged campaign against reality
Disinformation and the nation (w/ Fred Skulthorp)
Journalists have to do better to improve trust
Britain’s grooming shame
When will there be consequences?
The Major problem
What is his legacy — if, indeed, he has one
What has gone wrong with our universities?
A warts and all look at British higher education
Mapping the past — and the future
A catalogue of cartography
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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
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse