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Kimchi culture
A new gallery pursues a pungent kind of artistic and intellectual renewal
Corporations can become communities
Canary Wharf’s 8 Canada Square should be humanised
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
In defence of Elon Musk
Open debate might be messy but it is essential
The curious incident of the dog and the tribunal
A welcome win for sanity on gender, freedom and the workplace
Sheikhs on a train
Patronising foreign people, and other progressive trends
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
Art as collateral
Making art mean something again
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT