Pretty fair description of Trussonomics from ⁦FT Alphaville⁩

Recorded an absolute corker of an ⁦Afghanistan with Roh Yakobi⁩ with Thomas (RUS out of UKR; stop Gaza massacre) Ruttig⁩. From studying Afghanistan and then becoming an East German diplomat in Kabul to working on the country in 90s and 2000s, we covered a lot. You will LOVE it! #TheAfgPod

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Also, if you happen to like the way I write about politics, there's a bookload ... rafaelbehr.com/2023/05/20/pol…

Since it's in the news again (still), from this morning's column on why Sunak will not take UK out of ECHR ..

(Full column here: theguardian.com/commentisfree/… )

Worst Crowded House cover EVER

Column, in which I consider the possibility that Rishi Sunak is a special agent of the Labour party* theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

*he isn't

“Hello Rhonda! “ says Rishi brightly on the LBC interview - to Louise, who is in the Rhonda.

Column, in which I consider the possibility that Rishi Sunak is a special agent of the Labour party* theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

*he isn't

Music has just changed forever and we should be freaking out more about it

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/music-has-ju…

Event news Klaxon! We are super stoked to score an event in Steyning with award-winning journo and Guardian columnist Rafael Behr talking about his EXCELLENT book POLITICS, A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE on May 2nd, 7.30pm
Tix here ticketsource.co.uk/thesteyningboo…

This would be a smart thing to do as part of a cunning plan to make sure terrible ideas are discredited by the coming defeat. But I doubt that's why he's doing it.

On the late Daniel Kahneman and the problem of deferring gratification in a click-and-collect democratic culture. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

On the late Daniel Kahneman and the problem of deferring gratification in a click-and-collect democratic culture. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🚨OUT NOW🚨 Will there ever be a good time to talk about the role of the royals? Is it time we left each other alone for both our sakes? Plus, is the age of the boomer coming to an end?

Andrew Harrison is joined by Yasmeen Serhan and Rafael Behr for our latest👉listen.podmasters.uk/OGWN_240403_Cr…

You know what I’m not sure AI will kill us after all

2024 will be

An event for our times ... me and Rob Burley in conversation with Ayesha Hazarika on the absolute state of the everything (with reference to our books on the subject). And a great seaside venue too, ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/city-bo…

An event for our times ... me and Rob Burley in conversation with Ayesha Hazarika on the absolute state of the everything (with reference to our books on the subject). And a great seaside venue too, ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/city-bo…