Artillery Row
What does AI’s possibility make us think about ourselves?
The real moral danger of ‘artificial intelligence’ is not what you think it is
House divided
A view from Oxford: All is far from well at Christ Church
Ripley returns
Rejoice, Ripley is back! But why are we so drawn to Patricia Highsmith’s anti-hero?
Billy Liar was fiction’s first OCD hero, yet nobody noticed
Rev Steve Morris revisits Keith Waterhouse’s forgotten classic
How I discovered Art and Architecture
Daniel Johnson reflects on the great discoveries of his youth
Ravel, Dutilleux, Debussy: Quart de nuit (Deux-Elles)
Norman Lebrecht is left wanting more Dutilleux
Letter from Washington: America’s coronavirus failure
Why has the US response been so lacklustre?
White Supremacists: Anti-racists need you!
Ewa Dymek & Mateusz Dymek review Me and White Supremacy, by Layla Saad
The new televangelism
The best US television drama has a strong religious dimension
What are the LibDems for?
The next leader of the LibDems should model herself on Nigel Farage
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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
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Laughing to hide the tears
Beware: prime ministerial jokes ahead
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Homage to Zaporizhia and Sumy
Horror continues in Ukraine — but the tide could be turning
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Saint Sánchez?
How the Spanish Left uses the Right to hold power
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent