The Hermit on the Hill
(What Secrets is He Hiding?) As you may be aware, I am British, ex-military and...
Freedom of speech
Stonehenge and the Ministry of Approved Sunlight
Tomorrow, the 21st June, thousands of people will gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer...
The Argument Nobody Wants to Have
We often encounter a certain type of silence that falls over a room when someone...
Five Stories That Are Simmering While Everyone Watches the Same Three Headlines
The world isn’t just breaking news. It’s also the stuff that’s quietly catching fire in...
Nominees for the Least-Interesting Tragedy
Act fast! These humanitarian catastrophes are back on the shelves for another season of complete...
We’re All Russians Now
A woman is sitting in a Moscow café right now, doing something that would have...
The Man Who Bought the Sky
There’s a version of this story that gets told in breathless, wide-eyed tones. A visionary....
We Were the Children Who Knew
An essay on growing up in the shadow of one Cold War, and watching the...
The Right to Say the Wrong Thing
There’s a thought experiment I keep returning to, and it goes something like this: if...
The World’s Most Expensive Game of “I Wasn’t Touching You”
Somewhere in the rubble of modern geopolitics, someone invented the concept of a ceasefire that...
