Valle Isarco
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
On She/Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Yousaf resigns and Lavery is maligned in another weird week of Scullionbait
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
