Sugar
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
A bitter pill for public health
The sugar tax has not worked as intended
The sugar tax leaves a bitter taste
The evidence for an effect on health is dubious to non-existent
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
