Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Podcasting while Britain burns
OK, OK, it’s all very deplorable, but Britain’s right wing bloggers still have to make a living
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
