When I was younger, travel writing was all text. Long, unhurried accounts with a few photo plates lodged somewhere in the middle of the books, as if to rest the eyes. You travelled first through sentences, not pixels. Now, the world prefers images that flicker and vanish before the thought even forms. But standing amid … Continue reading Thailand: Where Time Loiters Gracefully
Author: Gurtej Singh
Speed Cameras Miss the Real Danger: Behaviour
The news of New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) deploying mobile trailer cameras to hunt for speeders is bound to draw attention. They will catch the black-and-white of numbers, the digits on the dial, but one wonders whether justice is being done to the more complex contours of road danger. To be fair, speed … Continue reading Speed Cameras Miss the Real Danger: Behaviour
The Illusion of Cohesion
Britain’s post-war migration experience shows how integration can produce visible success stories without guaranteeing deep social cohesion. The rise of leaders like Rishi Sunak and Sadiq Khan, both children of immigrants, both reaching the highest rungs of public life is often held up as proof of an open, meritocratic society. Yet even their success has … Continue reading The Illusion of Cohesion
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