Public Inquiry
Our inquiry problem
British public inquiries take forever and achieve too little
The inquiry industrial complex
What, if anything, do our investigations accomplish?
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
The lies of Sinn Fein
Sectarian smears against Unionists have been exposed as the falsehoods they always were. Will anyone bother to say sorry?
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison