Books

Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful

No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark

Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics

How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland

Three great novels capture a moment of change for society

The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems

1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism

Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs

The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum

Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories