West Country
Where is the West Country accent?
Once the BBC has finished buttering up the North, how about promoting the West? asks Roland White
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
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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
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
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Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Prosthetic, pathetic, human
Angela de la Cruz’s playful and ghastly art touches a raw nerve
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be