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Ghost in the machine
Does the printer really “experience” anything?
Honest to goodness
Forget fads such as veganism, and instead eat simply and well says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Matt’s Hunted look
The Parkour Secretary is just waiting for his call up
Beware the power of muscle memory
The ability to train our malleable minds is both a blessing and a curse—as the grand social re-engineering experiment of Covid-19 lockdowns is revealing
Donald Trump is back and firmly in control of the Republican Party
The message of a resounding speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference on 28 February was clear: Trump is back and here to stay
Research and rescue
The Falkland Islands bids farewell to the RRS James Clark Ross and a Marylebone gallery hosts a virtual exhibition of Antarctic photographs
A rascal – but leave it at that
We need to mind our language when describing those with whom we disagree
Grand old warrior
Nigel Jones recalls the time he spent in the home of the legendary German writer Ernst Jünger
Monuments to self-expression
Serenhedd James finds folly and ruin frequently go together in Rory Fraser’s new release: Follies
Nollywood comes of age
Christopher Silvester explains how censorship has suppressed Nigerian films that have won international acclaim
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
A range of Stratford anecdotes
The Walliams dilemma
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General