Witchcraft
The demons of WitchTok
Are Gen-Zs summoning evil spirits online?
Storm in a cauldron
As witches’ brews go, it’s rather weak tea
Discussing Magic
Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter
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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
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Could the driverless car save the country pub?
Autonomous vehicles will give us the freedom to drink further from home
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
At a loose end
We are making young adults un-ready for work
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform