Tag: COVID-19

The New Enclosure: Rise of the Jail-Cell City

The 15-minute city limits access to what was hitherto experienced as common property, not subject to legislative abrogation. In this sense, we face a second enclosure, a violation of the commons.

Britain Isn’t Working

Many organisations in the UK no longer function, or no longer function in the way originally intended, because they are stuck in a ‘woke’ iron grip.

Between Madness and Sanity: James Delingpole’s recent live event

It was only when Delingpole brought up God and his recent turn to Christianity that Oliver didn’t seem to quite know what to do with himself. Oliver had assumed that he was attending an event for unhinged conspiracy theorists, but it turned out to be much weirder than that: the place was packed with Christians.

Plague Management: plus ça change

Orhan Pamuk is a masterful writer. His books all open in such a way that you know they are going to be hard to put down.

In Praise of COVID Restrictions

If one picked up this book expecting a genuine defence of COVID restrictions, one would soon be disabused of that notion. It is both hilarious and deadly serious, obliging the reader to remember all the traumas that befell us.