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
Infected blood and infected institutions
Decades on from the beginning of the infected blood scandal, our institutions still fail to align themselves with the truth
The way forward for conservatives
We must have bold politicians who really believe in the things they promise
Twilight of the gods
The eclipse of the gilded 1980s generation can be seen as a welcome changing of the guard
Sunak must take the fight to Labour
Starmer has been allowed to escape criticism and accountability
Turning the tables on coercion?
Lord Walney’s report on political extremism is valuable if flawed
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
Postmodernity perches precariously in the porter’s lodge
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld
The Conservatives must return to the centre
Populist demagoguery has ruined the party