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Better Call Saul, and the state of television today

I certainly am not the first to observe that we are watching a fresh and dazzling Golden Age of Television exploding before us like an endless display of holiday fireworks but I'm quite sure I am the first to say that I rather deeply resent it. You see, from the ...

Shipping: Where a hard Brexit is not an option

If you want to make a bit of money out of a hard Brexit invest in fluorescent jackets and clipboards. That's the advice of Guy Platten, the chief executive of the UK Chamber of Shipping, who today confirmed that anything less than a friction-less customs deal with the EU could lead to ...

We have not seen a gender role revolution

One of the primary arguments on the gender pay gap from the alt right is that women deserve to be paid less because they have children. It's part of what independent social research agency NatCen the "incomplete revolution". Despite female participation in the labour market increasing markedly over the past 30 years and ...

The Eric Monkman fan club

I wish I had half the passion about anything as Eric Monkman has about University Challenge. The way he intensely screws up his face and delivers passionate answers to the questions, it's no wonder the Canadian has developed a cult following since his first appearance in September. In an interview ...

The financial case for legalising cannabis

Whatever your stance on cannabis may be you can't fault the ingenuity of our nation's illicit growers. This year alone factories have been uncovered in a mock Tudor home, an iconic chapel, an empty shopping unit just yards from a police station and even in a mansion a stone's throw away from the ...

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