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
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
A victory for press freedom in Northern Ireland
People suspected of sexual offences pre-charge will not have the right to automatic anonymity
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
JD Vance’s tech policy is a MAGA microcosm
Does JD Vance hope to restore the Jeffersonian tradition of freedom?
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
In defence of emotional voting
We cannot expect voters to think in cold rational terms
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
The beginning and end of conversation
A catholic sift through humankind’s advent and our eventual, formative babbling and beyond.