Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The scammer in you
Sam Bankman-Fried is not unique
Kanye West and celebrity
Celebrities have always existed to be made examples of
Fart for art’s sake
A not-so-fond farewell to the “sophomoric male”, the man-child purveyor of infantile humour
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
