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Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
The conspiracy turn
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Lies, damned lies, and biopics
Ridley Scott’s casual treatment of truth in Napoleon does a disservice to both history and storytelling
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today