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Book launch + debate on progress, next Weds in London
Come along to the Verdurin arts space in Hoxton if you can
8 hrs ago
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Ben Cobley
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May 2025
The Progress Trap - first interview released + special offer
The promotion begins; 30% off if you buy via the publisher's website
May 24
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Ben Cobley
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April 2025
Progress Trap cover 'endorsements'
It's the greatest thing of all time, oh yes.
Apr 25
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Ben Cobley
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Britain’s journey towards Islamic statehood
A reflection on two articles about how Islamism is transforming our society
Apr 2
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February 2025
Retrieving a sense of bigness
From my forgetting to our sense of loss
Feb 2
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Ben Cobley
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Retrieving a sense of bigness
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September 2023
‘Anglo-Gaullism’ piece for Unherd
With added extras and a Substack update
Sep 17, 2023
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Ben Cobley
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July 2023
The Last Post (for now)
Existential Politics is to go into hibernation for a while
Jul 25, 2023
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Ben Cobley
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The Last Post (for now)
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The Conservative Party as a progressive party
How economic expansion trumps conservation in the Tory world view
Jul 24, 2023
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The Conservative Party as a progressive party
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On American (or Anglophone elite) hubris
They keep on mistaking their superior power for superior knowledge
Jul 20, 2023
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Ben Cobley
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Mission: make cricket into an EDI bureaucracy
The ‘Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket’ is a classic stitch-up
Jul 10, 2023
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Ben Cobley
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June 2023
What is progressive capitalism?
The elevation of novelty in our economic system makes it inherently progressive
Jun 23, 2023
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Ben Cobley
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The seven-year long Rejoin campaign
The unpersoning of Boris Johnson seems to be part of the long game
Jun 22, 2023
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Ben Cobley
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