Murray Walker
Murray Walker and the end of Golden Age sports commentators
Murray Walker was the last of the great sports commentators who brought us unforgettable sporting moments and catchphrases which delighted a generation
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
The students are revolting
Far too many young people are sheltered from the real world by their university education
Can we balance re-enchantment and reality?
We should not throw out the civilisational baby with the consumerist bathwater
“Moral debt” is classic watermelon politics
Do left-wing economists believe that there is anything to which wealth redistribution is not the answer?
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
AI and the great data robbery
Silicon Valley has stolen huge amounts of original material in order to “train” its GPT models
What does surrogacy say about us?
We are putting the interests of adults above those of children
Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try and subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
WHO do they think they are?
Politicians should be more sceptical about ideology packaged as “public health”