Police
Fair Cop?
How Stonewall turned the police into political activists
Why do women matter so little?
The outrageous policing of political speech by Wiltshire Police
Start spreadin’ the news
New York will be poorer, cheaper and more violent for the foreseeable future
Reining in the police: Action or cop-out?
The aftermath of George Floyd’s death is a Me Too moment for race relations and the law enforcement agencies
Health and safety
Nick Cohen says streets must be safe for active lifestyles to flourish
Black Lives Matter are pushing division, not unity
BLM’s radical ideas, such as defunding the police, would only make the lives of black communities worse
In Praise of Plod
How our police lost their way, and why they’re still better than the alternative
Should booby-traps be legal?
When the state fails to protect us many want to act themselves
GOTCHA! Kerching! Kerching!
How Covid-19 has revealed the obstinate mentality of certain bureaucratic minds
Unfinest Hour
Our character has been all too gruesomely on display in our response to the pandemic
Free speech is a waste of breath
Free speech is not our cause, and it gets us nowhere anyway
Go west
Rishi has been a bit down lately
For we are one and unfree
Australia doesn’t care about free speech, and it doesn’t want to
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
