Christopher J. Snowdon

Christopher J. Snowdon is head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs and the author of Killjoys and Polemics.

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A black & white photo of young Orwell with a Hitler moustache & a USSR May Day poster of a young couple holding a red flag.

George Orwell’s Error

Had he lived long enough to witness the fruits of liberal capitalism, perhaps Orwell would finally have accepted the failure of socialism.

Christopher J. Snowdon

6 Jun 2024 · 13 min read

The Rise of the Respectable Conspiracy Theory

COVID, Trump, Brexit—everybody’s had something to break their brains in recent years and some people may never recover.

Christopher J. Snowdon

31 Mar 2023 · 14 min read

How Do They Know This?

An informative and apolitical new book reminds us that statistics are not always what they seem.

Christopher J. Snowdon

8 Dec 2022 · 6 min read

Remix and Float Downstream

Giles Martin has reinvigorated the Beatles’ masterpiece, a record brimming with ideas, confidence, and insouciant courage.

Christopher J. Snowdon

8 Nov 2022 · 11 min read

A Strange and Brutal Country

Adam Curtis’s new BBC series provides a unique insight into Russia’s late-twentieth-century collapse.

Christopher J. Snowdon

24 Oct 2022 · 7 min read

McCartney at 80

Four score years of ordinary genius.

Christopher J. Snowdon

18 Jun 2022 · 22 min read

Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’—A Review

The recording sessions appear harmonious, and although they only have five songs that they are confident enough to play on a cold rooftop in January, the gig above their Apple office—the laziest possible location—goes without a hitch.

Christopher J. Snowdon

30 Nov 2021 · 12 min read

Vaccines and the Coronavirus Crank Crisis

Wrong to the bitter end, sceptics have taken this as a vindication of their do-nothing strategy and are celebrating the decline of a summer surge they said could never happen.

Christopher J. Snowdon

28 Jul 2021 · 16 min read

Rise of the Coronavirus Cranks

The smileys are not bad people. They are not necessarily unintelligent people. They are unhappy people wearing a mask of happiness, confused and beaten and searching for an easy answer.

Christopher J. Snowdon

16 Jan 2021 · 19 min read