Smugly bugged by Brexit
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The next chapter for The Critic
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The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
The sickness of Sickfluencers
Social media and AI are enabling the exploitation of our benefits system
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna