Books
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
What is the CID for?
Zac Brettler’s short life and mysterious death
Clarifying the fog of the gender wars
Michael Foran’s new book will undoubtedly be celebrated, but is it essential?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Why Mali matters
Terrorism is spiralling out of control in West Africa
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families