The Long Now
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
AI, religion and AI religion
Pope Leo is right to push back against the prophets of AI supremacy and AI doom
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
The Arctic circle: a game of ice and fire
The Arctic is fast becoming a hotspot for great power competition
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics