Provocative UK journo Rod Liddle’s death reminds me what NZ’s political discourse lacks
In the first of a regular fortnightly column on culture and politics for the NZ Herald, a look at why the late Liddle’s style is good for journalism.
Billy bunter and the man from Animal Farm
For Quillette, a look back on one of the liveliest literary squabbles of the 20th century.
luck of the irish
In the Australian edition of the Spectator, a piece on the recent surge of applications for Irish passports.
Why the ‘extreme male brain’ theory of autism has been disowned
In the Spectator, a report on why one of the world’s leading autism scholars is walking back on the language of one of his best-known theories about the baffling developmental disability.
The insufferable rise of the ANTI-NUCLEAR BORE
A lighthearted romp around antinuclearism in the South Pacific in the Australian Spectator.
WOKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
Is New Zealand too woke — or not woke enough? An essay by David (paywalled) in Canada’s National Post.
the fast-Shrinking cohens
In the JC, David looks at the curious case of Britain’s vanishing Cohens.
New Zealand LOOKS TO MAKE ENGLISH OFFICIAL
In the Spectator, an explainer on New Zealand’s unexpectedly heated linguistic debate.
Why is the UK PUnishing dual-nationals like me?
In the Spectator, a piece on the new passport deal for those of us with dual citizenships.
Luxon’s make-or-break year
In The Australian, David interviews New Zealand’s ‘CEO PM’, Christopher Luxon.
understanding Jacindamania
Former NBR editor Nevil Gibson reviews David’s biography of the former premier.
ON JACINDA AND JOURNALISM
David chats with RNZ’s Emile Donovan about his new unauthorised biography of New Zealand’s 40th prime minister.
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Remembering Jim
David’s tribute in Stuff for New Zealand’s 35th prime minister, Jim Bolger.
AT ONE WITH THE CANTERBURY ELEMENTS
One here from the archives: Road tripping in New Zealand’s South Island for The New York Times.