Did George Floyd’s killing give me black privilege?
My time inside the Holodeck was exhilarating, but like all addictions it just masked my other problems and never addressed reality
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
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