Chronicling courage
'The issues are tricky: transgender people’s understandable desire to pursue happiness as members of the opposite sex can impinge on people born that way'
Buda baby boomers
Hungary’s natalist policies are both generous and effective
Cloud crime and you
Spear-phishers will ruin your life. Here's how to foil them
An oversized addition to a collection of Victoriana
'As I have now discovered, moving a life-size marble statue is a complicated and expensive business'
Counter-intelligence needs a rethink. Catching spies is not enough
‘Western counter-intelligence has been largely defensive. Given the existential threats we increasingly face, we now need to go on the offensive’
Carbon carnage: the real cost of grouse-shooting
‘Grouse moors are burnt and drained. Regenerating native trees are rooted out. Bogs and mires, wet miracles of carbon capture, are trashed by fire, ditches, vehicles, access roads, and trampling deer and
Citizens’ Assemblies let the elite skew public debate
‘A Citizens’ Assembly is a useful way for politicians to unload a toxic issue onto 110 random citizens who will never face an electorate’
Dare call it treason?
"No one should miss the stench of cowardice, and yet there is no sign voters care or understand that cowardice runs through the British state"
Defining women
‘The wording of anti-trans hate-crime guidance is so vague, and so reliant on subjective interpretation, that it could be open to misuse by politically-motivated actors’
Dave and Davery
'It is clear that he does not own up to all the mistakes he made. Dave has a very clear idea of how far he can go while keeping what remains of