Brexit transition
No Brexit transition extension – bluff or brinkmanship?
This is a good time to bury bad news, so why the shortage of shovels?
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
We need more have-yachts
The tragedy of the Bayesian highlights a wider issue about our lack of ambition
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
