shoe banging
Khrushchev – shoe banger for a superpower
On the 50th anniversary of his death – what should we make of Nikita Khrushchev?
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
So many voters got it wrong
The ignorant masses have betrayed democracy
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
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
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
