Profit
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
On operating profits and gross ignorance
Economic ignorance can have serious costs
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse