Author Archives: Willie Wilson
The best art exhibitions in the UK this May
Eileen Agar at the Whitechapel, and Canaletto returns
Prince Philip’s scaled-down funeral will lack the royal magic touch
Royal funerals are a chance for the monarchy to reassert itself—and the public to gawp as well as mourn
Whitehall has ignored devolution. It does so at its own peril
London must prove to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that it takes their legislatures seriously—or face a break up
Shtisel—the unlikely TV hit about orthodox Jews
The travails of an Israeli family encompass sex and death as well as religion
Caution over blood-clotting is sensible. Panic is not
We need to learn as much as possible about side effects from the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines—while persisting with their mass use
Before we have Indyref 2, we need a vote on Yorkshire devolution
Devolved power would mean decisions that affect the county could be made Yorkshire, not in Whitehall
Lisa Nandy: How Labour will root a new foreign policy in the home front
After decades of fatalism about globalisation, Britain is left asking: who in the world are we? Let’s spell out the links between day-to-day lives and international alliances, and take back control
The untapped power of marketing communications
Why many B2B businesses are missing out on the untapped potential of marcomms
Hong Kong: Britain must prepare now for a great wave of immigrants
Failure to plan for the migration that followed Europe’s eastward expansion led to political chaos and Brexit. But as the UK opens the door to Hong Kong, we’re failing to plan once again
After Elizabeth II...
The essential life of England will not be impacted by the inevitable passing of Queen Elizabeth. But it could permanently alter the monarchy—and perhaps the United Kingdom as well
What a free-thinking medieval Muslim can teach us about animal welfare
Exactly 1,000 years after the appearance of al-Maʿarri’s “The Epistle of the Horse and the Mule,” the work of the vegan poet still resonates
Muslims in prison—time for a wake-up call
“There is a scandal here for those who allow themselves to see it”