Root & Branch
Inhale some joy
Planting for scent is a recipe for curing winter blues
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
