Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
A plague of pigeons
When the magic of nature becomes a curse
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
