The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
Poet, artist, tantric Christian
William Blake opposed the dreary image of the God of reason via a “reexpanded imagination”
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
Time to ask “But what about the children?”
Not talking about the facts is counterproductive
In a world without God, what does suicide mean?
When society no longer sees the taking of one’s own life as a sin, it is unclear who should be responsible for attempting to prevent such deaths
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The Mexican baby business
In UK courts, parental orders for children born overseas outnumber those born to surrogates here
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe