Podcasts
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Bumps in the road
British roads, like Britain itself, need a lot of maintenance work
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Karens and cohesion (w/ Ellen Pasternack)
Society depends on conscientiousness and taboo
From TV to the trans debate (w/ Graham Linehan)
Why truth and honour matter more than a quiet life
On a different plane
British air power in theory and practice
The study and the slaughter
Geopolitics as a rhetoric of power
In defence of Political Currency
Not all podcasts by middle-aged politicians are the same
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances
Big beasts versus the Bible
Darwin sidelined the Creator by documenting the slow mechanisms of evolution
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
Failing universities
What has gone wrong in British higher education?
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms
Two sides of the weird frontier
The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage
