Nationhood
The fallacy of “British values”
Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Drill music’s token freedoms
Defences of free expression have become hopelessly unprincipled
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
