Iconoclastic
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”