Soap
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
New life for a dying trade
The book world is on its last legs. So how we can bring it back from the dead?
Hungary: treading a fine line
Can it stay equidistant from the great powers while maintaining trade connectivity?
A guide to British electoral vocabulary
From “adviser” to “woman”, here is what it really means
In defence of emotional voting
We cannot expect voters to think in cold rational terms
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
What the BBC does not say about femicide in London
Racial disparities are evident among perpetrators as well as victims
Enough with the bigotry mind-reading
Why do people insist on jumping to the least generous interpretation possible?
A very innocent man
Donald Trump is innocent squared. He never does, or is, anything by halves
A question of selection
The Sensible Centrists have made a flawed case against party members choosing leaders
Irreversible damage
Trans “healthcare” has been utterly discredited, but activists are undeterred by the evidence
How ideology threatens to corrupt science
Ideological censorship in science is antithetical to its purpose and its methods
