US Presidential Election 2024
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Will capitalism end capitalism?
Artificial intelligence is perverting the logic of our economic and political systems
Sex wars, what are they good for?
On Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer and the virtues of intellectual combat
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution