World Economic Forum
The truth about the World Economic Forum
It is a lot more pathetic than it is sinister
We’ll always have Davos
It’s been failing every year since it began but we do need it — or something like it
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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
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
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Scotland’s cold and durable fire
John Swinney is proving that in politics what matters most is simply showing up
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Can the army survive migration?
As Western militaries struggle to recruit young people, Britain may be turning to a familiar solution: immigration
Why do we hate industry?
Performative laissez-faire has been a failure. It’s time for a new policy
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall