Book Review
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Fell for it again
Britain’s pro-development enthusiasts mistook fantasy politics for the real thing — and are now paying the price.
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems