Prorogue
What follows the abolition of fixed-term parliaments?
Will the Supreme Court seize the power to adjudicate on the calling of general elections?
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
