Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
Reparate good times, come on!
The Critic’s Extremely Factual Guide to Slavery Reparations the UK Most Definitely Owes
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
