Materialism
Perfect, plastic, pop princesses
The performance art of selling sterile sex
AI is far older than we think
When it comes to artificial intelligence, we’re scared of the wrong things
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Why the left has nowhere left to go
Chris Bayliss and Tom Jones discuss how progressivism got left behind
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive
Progressivism and the police
The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion agenda promised a fairer form of policing, but has delivered a weaker one
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge