Features
AI and the great data robbery
Silicon Valley has stolen huge amounts of original material in order to “train” its GPT models
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Pushing the boundaries
The map of the world is likely to be redrawn, thanks to the decline of post war Pax Americana, an expansionist Russia and China, and the push for ethnic sovereignty
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
