Essays and Debate archive

Sep
08

Questioning The Nuclear Option

Hugh Richards reveals uneasiness inside the Assembly Government about the next generation of nuclear reactors

Jul
04
Jun
20

The matter of Britain

The paths of national politics in Scotland and England are ever more divergent. Through a singular mix of intellectual biography, modern history and political critique, Christopher Harvie – bus-pass in hand – draws on the evidence of his own career and work to make sense of the change.

Jun
14

The case for promoting scholarship and research

John Cadogan reminds us that no politician, civil servant or board of directors has ever made a discovery

Jun
14
May
15
Cameron and Thatcher
May
14

Democratic republicanism marks the end of Thatcherism

Anthony Barnett analyses the nature and prospects of the extraordinary coalition now setting out to govern Britain for five years

May
01

Leaders limp down cemetery road

A report on the UK election sent by Tom Nairn to the Australian news website crikey.com.au

Apr
22

Against the odds, the survival of Welsh identity

Rhys David on a new book that asks what exactly it is to be Welsh and how well it is surviving in a multicultural world

Mar
22

The Pope’s focus is too narrow

Geraint Talfan Davies says Pope Benedict’s pastoral letter to his church in Ireland misjudges the public mood