Numbers
Lucky numbers
In football, a number is more than just a number
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
A Labour of unrequited love
It will take more than vague apologetic gestures to redeem the Labour Party
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
