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
Sorry, not sorry
Sincere apologies require a shared set of values
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
The collapse of the Tory Party has just begun
How Reform crippled the Conservatives
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Lock her up
And, simultaneously, let him go
The crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Serious as it is, it is no anomaly
