Sex robots
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
March 2021: Letters to the Editor
Robotic sex
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning