creativity
Addicted in art
What role should suffering play in creativity and the consumption of art?
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
Retro Rodrigo is primo
A new nostalgia listening to GUTS
Art does not exist to improve society
We should resist the cultural reductionism of the modern “creative industries”
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
