10/22/2019 - 6:07pm
Watership Down reveals the radical centre, rabbit-style The rabbits of Watership Down, in escaping their doomed warren and seeking to found a new one, show the way to a new political order
Freddie Sayers
22.10
John Simpson’s two thirds idea is half-baked The veteran BBC broadcaster suggests a new supermajority rule - but has he thought it through?
Peter Franklin
22.10
What will singleton society do to politics? More than a third of households now consist of someone living alone...
Ed West
21.10
The truth about immigration in Sweden Freddie Sayers talks to Swedish activist Siavosh Derakhti about antisemitism and violence in Malmö
Freddie Sayers
21.10
Will the EU shut down its tax havens? New analysis confirms Ireland is the EU's home grown tax haven
Peter Franklin
21.10
Why I baptised my son without asking him first Liberal arguments against baptism misunderstand the nature of faith...
Giles Fraser
19.10
Weekend Long Read: Inside China’s Gulags In this sobering interview, a survivor of a Chinese 're-education camp' tells her story...
Mary Harrington
18.10
Daylight robbery: how lack of sunlight is keeping us awake Lack of sleep is hitting Britain's economic productivity...
Peter Franklin
18.10
Is Nick Cave right about Christianity and Woke Culture? In a recent letter, Nick Cave criticised not just religion, but also atheism, and also woke culture in general...
Giles Fraser
18.10
Why Poland’s Law and Justice Party appeals That Poland currently enjoys an economic growth rate superior to many of its European neighbours should command attention...
Paul Embery
18.10
How Russell Brand won me round The ex-junkie sex-addict comedian is a healthy voice for men in our culture
Elizabeth Oldfield
17.10
Not so fast. Boris Johnson will have an uphill battle with voters Whilst it’s still too early to say how the deal will go down, the Conservative Party leader certainly faces a challenge...
Chris Curtis
17.10
Important news of the day: the Eleanor Cross is safe Yes, the Eleanor Cross in Northamptonshire is off Historic England’s “endangered list” of buildings...
Ed West
17.10
The politics of Donald Trump’s stoopid language Using childish language seems to have served Donald Trump quite well...
Freddie Sayers
16.10
There is nothing wrong with neoliberalism… as a word ‘Neoliberalism’ is not the loveliest of words, but it is a useful one...
Peter Franklin
16.10
Hassan Damluji: How to build a global nation I sat down with author Hassan Damluji to discuss his new book, The Responsible Globalist...
Freddie Sayers
15.10
LeBron James kowtows to China Lakers basketball hero LeBron James poured burning oil on already-troubled waters when he appeared to row back from supporting freedom of speech...
Mary Harrington
15.10
Late Capitalism? Don’t you believe it. In the 1930s, the capitalist system faced an existential threat from communism and fascism; but what does it have it worry about today?...
Peter Franklin
15.10
Where’s the EU outrage at Spain’s brutal sentencing of separatists? Can you imagine policemen from the Home Counties being sent up to Glasgow to crack heads because the SNP had dared to hold a referendum?...
Ed West
14.10
Trust me, Tony Blair is not as brilliant as you think I’m afraid I just cannot share Freddie Sayers's view that Tony Blair is this brilliant...
Philip Collins
14.10
Sorry Lady Hale, that’s not quite an answer Lady Hale's response to anxieties about legal overreach didn't convince me...
Giles Fraser
14.10
Prince Charles hints at a blueprint for his reign When Prince Charles becomes King, the monarchy will overnight once again become a court of ideas
Freddie Sayers
12.10
Weekend long read: China’s illiberal Confucianism This week’s long read recommendation looks at the rise of authoritarian Confucianism as an increasingly dominant state doctrine in modern China...
Mary Harrington
11.10
Why haven’t you seen your friends recently? With our hectic work-lives now increasingly directed by the demands of a 24-hour gig economy, shared time with friends or the old fashioned idea of the family weekend have been destroyed...
Giles Fraser
11.10
How the Knights Templar explain Portuguese politics Historical regions map onto contemporary politics with remarkable accuracy...
Ed West
10.10
Why would anyone buy a negative yield bond?
Peter Franklin
10.10
Tax evading billionaires will put Warren in the White House Well, it's finally happened – America now has a regressive tax system in which the 400 richest families pay a lower effective rate than the poorest 50% of Americans...
Peter Franklin
10.10
You don’t have to be lefty to love Extinction Rebellion Boris Johnson acknowledged that Thatcher was ahead of her time in acknowledging the impact of “greenhouse gases”...
Elizabeth Oldfield
09.10
Not a soul on the streets for Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv It is not illegal to drive here on Yom Kippur. You can if you want, but people don’t...
Giles Fraser
09.10
Why #WeHeartGermany Survey after survey shows that British people feel very warmly towards Germans...
Ed West
09.10
RIBA makes the right decision, for a change The judges made the right decision in last night’s Stirling Prize...
Nicholas Boys Smith
08.10
Are socialists liberal? A response to Maajid Nawaz I'd argue that most of the contemporary Left, including the self-declared socialist component, is liberal though-and-through...
Peter Franklin
