Renato and Me
David Smith recalls his association with Renato Curcio, the former leader of Italy’s ultra-left terrorist group the Red Brigades
Mugabe and Me
From bonding over jokes about Jesuit teachers to becoming a persona non grata, David Smith recalls his relationship with Robert Mugabe
Carlos and Me
Following Carlos Menem’s recent passing, David Smith remembers his relationship with the bold and cunning politician
The Donald and me
In July 2005 Donald Trump became my best, new friend
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
