US Inauguration
Uncool country
Country music has a frontline place in the culture wars, says Sarah Ditum
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
