Referendums
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
