As a boy growing up in the Soviet Union, I remember the drill. Show your papers, refrain from criticising the government, and you will pass unnoticed. Careers and livelihoods were…

Western liberalism prides itself on having achieved a ‘meritocracy’. Like – in a different way – the Greek conception of an aristocracy, a meritocracy allows for rule by the best…

Why are the media suddenly concerned with a rare blood clot risk? Of course, we want to be aware of the risks and dangers of any medication, especially one as…

Greenland has a population of around 55,000, less than most medium-sized British towns. Nor is it, officially, an independent nation, but an autonomous territory of the Danish Crown, yet its…

If a week is a long time in politics, a year and a half feels like a century. At least that is how it seems when looking at the career…

The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment, familiar to moral philosophers. Participants become involved in the following piece of unrealisable nonsense. You are invited to imagine an out-of-control trolley, racing…

Tensions are rising in the Gulf with Iran on one side, and Saudi Arabia and their Arab allies on the other. After a decade of neglect, international attention is once…

The government is considering allowing pubs to block people from entry if they have not received the Covid vaccine. They are only in the initial stages of deciding whether they…