Virtual Parliament
The man who wasn’t there wasn’t there
Boris virtually
The Zoom Parliament is here – but hopefully not to stay
Remote voting may encourage MPs to be more independent, but politics is necessarily a team sport
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
