Vaclav Havel
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war