From Nanny State to Ninny State
Never mind the quality of the benevolent concern, just feel the width of the legislation! HMG is banning cigarettes for anyone born after 2008. Another stupid idea chugged out of…
The naked war
I’m old enough to remember when we had reasons for wars. No, really, it used to be a thing: having reasons for wars. There was even a legal term for…
When ‘fascist’ stops being a joke and why the word matters again
In one episode of the 80s comedy The Young Ones, the four housemates discover oil in the basement of their London student house. This leads Mike and Vyvyan to mount…
Keir Starmer — Identity Man (Sir)
It is an irony that the politician so keen on introducing digital identity cards has no identity of his own. It is this absence of identity that is impelling him…
Humanity’s all shagged out (and I feel fine)
Let’s be clear: the slow death of humanity through mass infertility is a good thing. This nightmare vision of SF and dystopian literature is, to the well-organised mind, a dream…
From Reagan to Trump 2.0: Billionaires astride the smoking remains of reality is a boringly predictable outcome
It’s 2025, and the United States — or what’s left of it — has entered its latest, gaudiest phase. President Trump (47, if you’re keeping score) sits in the Oval…
We need to talk about Adrian Chiles. But do we really have to?
We need to talk about that Adrian Chiles. Do we have to? I don’t want to. I don’t want to either, so let’s make it quick. Thing is, Adrian has…
Zeitgeist’s greetings to one and all!
‘It’s that time of year again,’ says Psipook supremo, Psilocybe P Pook. The comment was recorded by faithful scribes and distributed exclusively all over the world and is available as…
