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From Bruges to Brexit in 30 years
What does it mean to be a Eurosceptic? It depends *when* you ask.
Jun 12 • Jack Kessler
How did the Tories blow it?
Britain *was* booming in 1997. It was everything else that was falling apart
Jun 11 • Jack Kessler
Cricket is harder than it looks
An individual sport masquerading as a team game, where failure is guaranteed
Jun 10 • Jack Kessler
Can Britain shake off its inflation stigma?
IMF bailout fears are triple-A rated nonsense. The underlying problem isn't
Jun 9 • Jack Kessler
A Streetcar Named The Debt Management Office
Neither kind nor strange — what buyers of Britain's debt actually want
Jun 8 • Jack Kessler
Not quite Narnia
Discovering a new street in the neighbourhood
Jun 5 • Jack Kessler
Extremely specific advice
“If you can avoid it, never take the M25”
Jun 4 • Jack Kessler
Little White Wires
Why is everyone wearing wired headphones again?
Jun 3 • Jack Kessler
The £1,000 flight that explains the oil market
A lesson in price signals from British Airways
Jun 2 • Jack Kessler
Why isn't oil $200 a barrel?
Price signals — and the politicians who'd rather not
Jun 1 • Jack Kessler

May 2026

Air conditioning is... cool
No one judges you for cranking up the heating in winter. Why should summer be any different?
May 29 • Jack Kessler
How Britain ends
Hint: it isn't Scottish independence
May 28 • Jack Kessler
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