Following earlier comments on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, I've just listened to her Reith lecture on freedom of speech, and the Q&A session following it. She's absolutely brilliant, and d… (View Post)

I've just been emailed about the Chester parliamentary by-election, this Thursday. The excitement is palpable. Has any parliamentary by-election ever attracted so little comment/speculation, on … (View Post)

Though the Telegraph is, I suspect, overwhelmingly white. (View Post)

Quality not quantity, mate. (View Post)

I'm no expert, but surely onshore wind farms should be encouraged, especially in places where they would enhance the scenery rather than be detrimental to it? Much of Lincolnshire, for example, … (View Post)