Marathon
Marathon maniac
Nick Cohen ran and ran and did himself no good in the process
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years