Post-truth, pure nonsense
For as long as there have been politicians, they have lied, fabricated and deceived. The manufacture of falsehood has changed…
Labour of the negative
Reason, Hegel argued, advances by negation, each thought becoming more focused as it wrestles with its opposite. This ‘labour of…
Diary
To Edinburgh for the book festival, where I am to explain Fools, Frauds and Firebrands to respectable middle-class Scots, who…
Diary
To Edinburgh for the book festival, where I am to explain Fools, Frauds and Firebrands to respectable middle-class Scots, who…
