Technology
Strange new world
AI-obsessed policy wonks are trying to re-shape Britain
Electric hallucinations
We need new and more incisive artistic critiques of technology
Don’t blame smartphones for everything
It is a mistake to turn real problems into moral panics
Is the government sleepwalking into a digital disaster?
The digital identities framework needs to account for individuals’ sex
The EU’s approach to AI is an embarrassment
Diversity dogma is turning Europe’s AI dreams into a nightmare
Of mice and non-men
Beware the brave new world of fertility technology
Artificial stupidity
AI is touted as a technological cure-all on the basis of little evidence
MAGA’s techno-utopian turn
Beware a Triumpian approach to future technology
Keir Starmer’s AI plans are not very intelligent
Labour do not seem to have grasped the material implications of artificial intelligence
Robot dreams
Keir Starmer is very excited about AI, but does he understand it?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
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
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate