Simon Fanshawe
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Trans activist’s car crash interview
Repeating “no debate” for years has left these organisations unable to answer questions
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?