Irrationality
The best we can hope for
Brilliant psychologist Daniel Kahneman died this year
Woke invades the sciences
The intrusion of irrational ideology is distorting and censoring science
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
