Anthony Blunt
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom