Desire
AI will not satisfy
Human desires tend to be rooted in the human
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Britain needs a moral core
The UK’s greatest vulnerability isn’t its weakened military but its lack of spiritual depth
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes