Artillery Row
Beijing sees AI as the foundation of a new industrial age
Just as Britain’s steam engines were bound into networks, China is building the infrastructure to let AI expand
The new “enemy within”
Britain needs clear thinking and cheap energy
What happened to literary politicians?
The decline of literary statespeople is a symptom of the decline of politics
The hollow horseman
Wole Soyinka’s postcolonial pride offers no answers to Nigeria’s Christian deaths
No, Cheney was not the boss of Bush
The idea that the War on Terror was the work of a hardline cabal is too simplistic
Our age of anxiety
Modern progressives are revolting against nature
Republican moralists are total hypocrites
Are unionist parties in Northern Ireland at last standing up to Sinn Fein?
It’s time for COP to be realistic
Even Bill Gates thinks climate alarmism is overblown
Have we really reached peak woke?
It’s not dying, it’s just evolving
In defence of cynicism
It is a natural response to being continually treated like an idiot
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The asylum seeker will see you now
We should not legitimise illegal migration and its damaging effects
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Signs of life
Wales finally offered proof they aren’t destined to decline
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it