Yes Minister
This apology for a political comedy
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
What’s wrong with our newspapers
Important news is being drowned in the tawdry and the trivial
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Bonfire of the fallacies
Two opposing ideas about hard power and foreign policy — legalism and nihilism — are being exposed by the Trump
administration
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori