Letter to Brezhnev: a lesson for today?
The 1985 film directed by Frank Clarke is a homage not only to Liverpool, but to hope, risk, and love
Why you should add chess to your home school curriculum
It is strange to think that a piece of wood on a board can be so emblematic of what it means to be human
Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius
For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it
Why Aristotle was right about causation
The Michael Dummett vs Antony Flew debate: What comes first, the cause or the effect?
C.S. Lewis, “Transposition”, and the philosophy of mind
C. S. Lewis has been revered as a writer but overlooked as a philosopher
What does AI’s possibility make us think about ourselves?
The real moral danger of ‘artificial intelligence’ is not what you think it is
Napoleon Bonaparte: A PR nightmare
On the bicentenary of his death, Napoleon Bonaparte remains a curiously stubborn rampart of cultural history in France and beyond
#BeKind and #StaySafe, or else!
How “Nudging” is damaging our society and why behavioural scientists must be held to account
French soul searching
The search engine that tells you if you are descended from slave owners
The lockdown boom in an empty room
Auction houses have enjoyed a stellar pandemic, but could their online success prove a curse?
Carry on camping
Packing Claudia the darlings off for “improving” summer activities
Hollywood’s suicidal mission
How Aperture 2025, the Academy’s new set of equality and diversity regulations, will ultimately stifle creativity
Like father, like son
Philip Larkin’s long association with Kingsley and Martin Amis resulted in the poet being misrepresented and misunderstood
Continued mask wearing won’t help us return to normal
Psychologists know it will do the opposite
Dilyn the dog gets a gift from Huawei
…and meets Bozza’s independent advisor on standards
What’s it like to have a home? Part II
Decades later, I remembered my mother’s mental patients