Breaking faith
Barclays terminated accounts of Christian counseling initiatives after Twitter accusations of conversion therapy
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
