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Why planes make such a great setting for films
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
No Keirs, only dreams now.
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia