Arthur Schopenhauer
The twin prophets of pessimism
The novelist and the philosopher linked by a common fascination with despair
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s nodding dogs
The SNP have been enabled by uncritical British media
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
