Worcester
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
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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
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?