Address at NatCon UK 2023 As James was kind enough to mention, I spend most of my time outside of this country these days, mainly living in the USA. But

As C. Day Lewis wrote for his own son, ‘love is proved in the letting go.’ Read more

Most New Yorkers have a story of being accosted on the subway. All are only one bad interaction away from never riding it again. Yet the police, on the advice

I listened to Wednesday morning´s report of the House Oversight Committee on the Biden family‘s business dealings with amazement. Read more

Stephen Spender was not a great poet. But he came close to greatness when he wrote about those who were. Read more

The small boats in the Channel are the most visible symbol of the system being broken. But the tens of thousands coming across this way are the mere tip of

Before going any further let’s just say what every New Yorker knows. The city’s subway is unsafe. Every New Yorker knows it. Every New Yorker talks about it. Everyone has

Nothing good about our nation can exist without being denounced as “racist” by The Guardian. Yet it is The Guardian’s own behaviour that can be seen as “racist”. Read more

The song from the poet’s play ‘Cymbeline’ inspires both joy—and sorrow. Read more