Swimming
Let women swim!
Single sex swimming is essential for many
Just add water
The Hampstead Heath ponds offer a recipe for the perfect summer afternoon
In praise of Sky Pool
Social distancing means something different up here
Just keep swimming
Those of us who partake in open air swimming should be allowed to return to this miraculous prophylactic
Espionage and the presumption of innocence
Even alleged Chinese spies are innocent till proven guilty
Puckish polymath
Italo Calvino’s imagination spanned the cosmos but his concerns were very human
To the contrary, Mary
On gender, some of us are neither bigots nor confused
It’s not illiberal to care about falling birth rates
Many childless men and women are going to suffer — and so will society
Glastonburied (w/ David Butterfield)
Can we keep live music alive?
A new madonna
On AI and authenticity
Disposable vapes and the race to prohibition
The state should enforce existing rules, not ban disposable vapes
Sweden’s failed liberal project
Why does a country once regarded as a model of moderation and progressiveness now have the highest level of gun violence in Europe?
An apple a day…
Sampling a new wave of Bristish cider
Britain’s forgotten battle for the Baltic
As the guns of the Western Front fell silent, Britain fought a quiet but decisive war alongside Estonia to check Soviet expansion
Is the age of the Secret Service over?
Intelligence was more important than the individuals who risked their lives providing it
