November 2021

The slower the workforce grows, the faster wages will rise

As I hit my eighth sober birthday, I’m reflecting on exactly how much getting sober played a part in where I am today

Inflation seldom explodes overnight: it builds up gradually

The Scottish National party is ruining Glasgow

Has demonstrating our alleged progress replaced progress itself?

The Nineties were the first decade of the 21st century

They only reached popular consciousness in the 2010s, when feminist blogs used them ahead of content about sexual violence

Farewell to a failed state

The wall between journalism and activism is badly corroded

Expect more Evergrandes from China’s command economy

My addiction turned out to be an entirely correctable habit

When the media’s credibility collapsed, the New York Times led the way

The prophets of stagnation are wrong

Wanting to avoid the airport, I took a late-evening, six-and-a-half-hour train from Edinburgh to Bristol

Ovid clearly was not an enlightened modern