Future
The Age of Twee
Line up and clap for the NHS, wankpuffin
Have I seen the future of music?
On a performance in three dimensions for all five senses
Lessons of The Jetsons
The economic future foretold by the 1960s cartoon could hardly have been wider of the mark
Britain, 2049
You’ll own nothing, and you won’t be particularly happy about it
Learning from History
Despite Coronavirus, some things will never change
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
Not another one!
How might the run-up to the next general election look?
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
