Jeff Bezos
Dei ex machinae
15 August is the worst day of the year for a swim at the Venice Lido
Welcome to the jungle
It’s Bezos’s market, you’re just living in it
Lord Kronsteen puts his foot down
All the news that billionaires think is fit to print
Digital dysmorphia
The internet has gone from the marketplace of ideas, to a marketplace in bodies
Bezos’s sub-prime delivery
One is a billionaire with visions of conquering space — the other is Hugo Drax
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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
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies