Mumsnet
Much ado about mothers
Mumsnet has been airing the trans lobby’s dirty laundry
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull