Archive - The World of Edrith

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Marking four years of blogging

Sep 14 • Edrith

Is Mississippi richer than the UK?

In which I (almost) visit Mississippi to find out

Sep 11 • Edrith

August 2026

Behind every successful person lies a litany of failures

Aug 31 • Edrith

The Bank of England should not have a Climate Change Mandate

Monetary policy is too important for ‘Everythingism’

Aug 20 • Edrith

Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.

Reflections on The Stormlight Archive

Aug 18 • Edrith

Burnham's critics are wrong about his education reforms

We cannot continue to write off 1 in 3 of our children

Aug 3 • Edrith

July 2026

Thoughts in Brief: Types of help; Moral Messages; Universities; PMQs

An occasional series for shorter thoughts

Jul 20 • Edrith

The Cautious Case for Kemi

Badenoch is not just the Conservative Party's best chance of winning power - she's their best chance of knowing what to do with it, too.

Jul 15 • Edrith

A Culture that Can't Say No

The calamitous consequences of 'being kind'.

Jul 1 • Edrith

June 2026

Discover your right-wing archetype profile

A right-wing archetype political quiz

Jun 23 • Edrith

Social Media Ban: Responses to 10 common objections

And six ways in which we could tackle broader social media harms

Jun 16 • Edrith

Poems To Return To

Turns out I like a lot of poems, for someone 'not into poetry'.

Jun 8 • Edrith

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