Nigel Hawkes
Flimsy Forecasts
We are constantly being warned about crises that will hit us “by 2050”. But long-term projections almost always turn out wrong
Sperm Limits
The “sperm in a test-tube” reports are evidence of how scientific plagiarism is a serious and growing crime
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?