Indiana Jones is back!
A fifth film is looming, but I really, really, wish it wasn’t
They (often) don’t want help
Unless we accept uncomfortable truths, we will continue to see people die on the streets
Christopher Hitchens and the culture war
Where would the late ciceronian speaker have fit into today’s polemical battles?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Indefinite leave, unlimited access
While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
A garden reborn
a garden reborn
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
France’s fading yellow jersey
The Tour de France once united France, but now reflects its divisions