Andy Warhol
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Snaps, crackles and Pop Art
Things you didn’t know you were interested in — until someone wrote a good book about them
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
Mass-goer who glorified mass production
Christopher Bray reviews Warhol by Blake Gopnik
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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
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
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
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Homes for Ukraine — and everywhere else
Why were some non-Ukrainians far more likely to enter Britain under a scheme meant for Ukrainians?
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
The costs of telling the truth too late
The girl guiding decision is causing pain — so why do activists seek to prolong it?
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say