The Netherlands
All double dutch
Andrew Cusack says the influence of the Netherlands’ seaborne empire can still be felt around the world, from Manhattan and South Africa to modern Sri Lanka
To win the war, stop fighting
Drug cartels and the underground economy fear legalisation and deregulation
For we are one and unfree
Australia doesn’t care about free speech, and it doesn’t want to
Poland’s border crisis belongs to the rest of Europe too
A soldier’s tragic death has exacerbated tensions on the border with Belarus
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Why civility matters, even when it’s hard
Swallowing our pride is better than political violence
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics