Frances Lasok
Frances Lasok is a freelance writer on democracy, devolution and other issues. She tweets @FrancesLasok
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
The true darkness of classic crime
It was more authentic than its “gritty” successors
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Why do we need a privacy elite?
The world has conformed to Silicon Valley’s way of doing business
Carelessness in the community
Who are the “community leaders” who are currently shaping police policy in Birmingham?
Letters August-September
To paraphrase the Jeremy Corbyn defence, were the Tory Right present but not involved?
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Mad dogs and English football
Our memories of hooliganism deserve more nuance
Snapshot of the PM who killed his party
History is a wonderful guide to political practice in the present, just so long as nothing is different