Zahir Shah
Could monarchy have saved Afghanistan?
America’s republican prejudices stopped them from restoring a unifying king
The rise and fall of Rishi
Exceptional good fortune met common mediocrity
The Incredible Sulk
Nigel Farage is all about entertainment — not difficult questions
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
Critic election day special — William Clouston
We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP
Schoenberg’s morning and night
Arnold Schoenberg: Expressionist Music (Orchid)
Reject Naominomics
Ideas like Naomi Klein’s are bad for the economy (and for the environment)
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances