Erich Hatala Matthes
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Why the establishment hates X
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion