Nigel Farage, man of the people.
(Courtesy @chrisgiles.ft.com)
(Courtesy @chrisgiles.ft.com)
November 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Nigel Farage, man of the people.
(Courtesy @chrisgiles.ft.com)
(Courtesy @chrisgiles.ft.com)
Trump style makes me think of its antecedents, which makes me think of Napoleon III, which makes me think of Flaubert, which makes me think of this from Julian Barnes in the new LRB
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trump style makes me think of its antecedents, which makes me think of Napoleon III, which makes me think of Flaubert, which makes me think of this from Julian Barnes in the new LRB
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
The outrages and atrocities fall like leaves, uncountable, ungathered; we're left with a residue of powerlessness and shame
Pic by Abed Rahim Khatib. In Gaza, the body of one-month-old Majed Mohammed Zarab, thought to have starved to death, is brought to his funeral
Pic by Abed Rahim Khatib. In Gaza, the body of one-month-old Majed Mohammed Zarab, thought to have starved to death, is brought to his funeral
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The outrages and atrocities fall like leaves, uncountable, ungathered; we're left with a residue of powerlessness and shame
Pic by Abed Rahim Khatib. In Gaza, the body of one-month-old Majed Mohammed Zarab, thought to have starved to death, is brought to his funeral
Pic by Abed Rahim Khatib. In Gaza, the body of one-month-old Majed Mohammed Zarab, thought to have starved to death, is brought to his funeral
I wrote about it in the LRB in 2015. This happened in the 1980s.
August 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I wrote about it in the LRB in 2015. This happened in the 1980s.
Yet another Brexit-sceptical publication - I've seen it in the Guardian, the BBC and the New Yorker, this time it's the Economist - repeating the false notion that the EU didn't tie subsidies to nature-friendly farming. Truth is Britain, inside the EU, made it happen, decades ago
August 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Yet another Brexit-sceptical publication - I've seen it in the Guardian, the BBC and the New Yorker, this time it's the Economist - repeating the false notion that the EU didn't tie subsidies to nature-friendly farming. Truth is Britain, inside the EU, made it happen, decades ago
Madame Tussaud’s getting worse and worse
August 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Madame Tussaud’s getting worse and worse
Massive consumer corporations not even bothering to pretend that AI won’t make customers’ lives shittier in mean, cheeseparing, exploitative ways
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July 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Massive consumer corporations not even bothering to pretend that AI won’t make customers’ lives shittier in mean, cheeseparing, exploitative ways
tinyurl.com/567t4c2z
tinyurl.com/567t4c2z
Major implications for a few other things as well
June 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Major implications for a few other things as well
Policy like your dad had a policy of yelling at the TV except when Trump yells at the TV the TV does it
June 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Policy like your dad had a policy of yelling at the TV except when Trump yells at the TV the TV does it
Stunning performance by Bournemouth here, topping the alphabetical table ahead of Arsenal and Aston Villa without a ball being kicked
June 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Stunning performance by Bournemouth here, topping the alphabetical table ahead of Arsenal and Aston Villa without a ball being kicked
This Netflix comedy scifi series about a Syrian refugee arriving in a Scotland where everyone is infected with a virus that causes them to be aggressively abusive to each other every waking moment is quite the watch
June 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This Netflix comedy scifi series about a Syrian refugee arriving in a Scotland where everyone is infected with a virus that causes them to be aggressively abusive to each other every waking moment is quite the watch
June 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
on.ft.com/4jMIjA2 Winter fuel climbdown exposes big problem plaguing UK politics
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
on.ft.com/4jMIjA2 Winter fuel climbdown exposes big problem plaguing UK politics
The Ukrainians released this picture of the drones hidden in their launch boxes
June 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Ukrainians released this picture of the drones hidden in their launch boxes
One more: again from the Russian side: local people film the extent of hits on one of the aerodromes
June 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One more: again from the Russian side: local people film the extent of hits on one of the aerodromes
Another Russian video allegedly shows locals trying to stop the attack drones as they emerge
June 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Another Russian video allegedly shows locals trying to stop the attack drones as they emerge
The furthest-away Russian aerodrome was in Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border. Here's a video from the Russian side, with a very sweary voiceover, supposedly showing the attack drones being launched remotely from one of the containers
June 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The furthest-away Russian aerodrome was in Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border. Here's a video from the Russian side, with a very sweary voiceover, supposedly showing the attack drones being launched remotely from one of the containers
One of the extraordinary aspects of the operation was that Ukrainian operators controlled the attack drones in real time, seemingly from Ukraine. In film released by Kyiv you can see one of the drones fly over a line of parked Russian bombers. Two are on fire (not fatally, perhaps); another is hit.
June 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One of the extraordinary aspects of the operation was that Ukrainian operators controlled the attack drones in real time, seemingly from Ukraine. In film released by Kyiv you can see one of the drones fly over a line of parked Russian bombers. Two are on fire (not fatally, perhaps); another is hit.