Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas and cancel culture
Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
