mad poet spinning sky-fire; cranky autistic parent (get off my lawn); social justice firebrand & educator; queer & disabled & jewish. founder of intertwine. living on stolen woi wurrung lands. no one is free until we’re all free. xe/xyr.

Oxford prof. French and world cultures. Literature and visual arts & all things 19thC. Slow city cyclist. Don't ask me where I'm from, it takes too long to explain.

Director of CPS, editor-in-chief of CapX, columnist for The Sunday Times, author of The Great Acceleration. Politics, policy and parenting.

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