Brain
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
Smart answers to clever questions
In the Know is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the fascinating science of human intelligence
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Reform has the real “Shadow Cabinet”
Establishment gatekeeping is as futile as it is absurd
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Iran has been fatally misunderstood
The US and Israel were foolish to imagine that the Iranians would crumble
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real