Books
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
British politicians are turning me into a libertarian
Their incompetence and presumptuousness is the best advert individualists have
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The WASPI women should blame themselves
No injustice has been done to them
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
