Daniel Defoe
The first futurist
There is more to Daniel Defoe than Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent