Damon Galgut
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
