Adam LeBor
The many women of George Orwell
Orwell’s biographer reveals all in this week’s Podcast
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
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 end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
Single-minded
Enjoy some new malt whiskies coming to market
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
