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The resistible eccentricity of Lewes
Anyone who has ever lived in Lewes won’t be surprised to hear that the East Sussex town has become the…
The real reason AI is so frightening
In Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, the anxious Colonel Cathcart is in the habit of compiling little lists of recent events. He draws…
Dario Amodei and the AI apocalypse alchemists
Such is the pace of change in AI that it has been, yet again, quite a weekend. On Saturday, Dario…
The paradox of Ealing Broadway’s ‘Calm Space’
When it emerged a fortnight ago that Transport for London (TfL) had unveiled a ‘Calm Space’ at one of its…
Emma Barnett was never the right fit for Today
As Oscar Wilde – were he a media correspondent – might have said, to lose one presenter is misfortune. To…
Is Britain racist? It depends who you ask – and what you watch online
Is Britain becoming more racist? Many people like me, who are from an ethnic minority, seem to think so. It’s…
Sunday shows round-up: Rayner warns that ‘you cannot buy your way into democracy’
Angela Rayner: ‘You cannot buy your way into democracy’ This week, Reform UK received an unprecedented £72m in donations from…
Labour is punishing low-tax councils
There is no doubt that local government is complicated. All the more so when you have one hand tied behind…
The price of British citizenship
Citizenship is often discussed as a catalogue of rights. There is a less fashionable question, rarely asked: what is the…
What will life look like on the Moon?
Space is back in the news. Whether it’s Donald Trump unveiling Space Force uniforms inspired by Starship Troopers, the SpaceX…
Cuts to army training will have lethal consequences
The army’s soldiers and officers are greatly disappointed by the suspension of much necessary army training and cuts to the…
What The Uprising gets wrong about the Peasants’ Revolt
Hollywood has a nasty habit of distorting history and telling falsehoods about the past in order to pander to the…
The Bayeux Tapestry must never be returned to France
The Norman Conquest is a crime against humanity that remains, over a millennium on, entirely unsettled. The French still refuse…
The pathetic pearl clutching over Reform’s donations
36 is clearly the magic number. A record-breaking £36 million donation to Reform announced last night from Ben Delo, the…
Can Trump and Ireland’s President get along?
I realised I was sat next to the Irish President when she sent back her sandwich for being too spicy.…
My weekend at the Stone Skimming Championships
The three Dafereras brothers can’t remember how they learned to throw stones. Niko, Harry and Ross are all annual competitors…
On assisted dying, sense prevailed
Sequels to horror films can be a mixed bag. Some become classics in their own right, others fall into the…
Al Qaeda haven’t gone away, you know
‘They haven’t gone away, you know.” Gerry Adams’s chilling words, uttered during the peace process, to remind everyone that the IRA…
What exactly was the Republican midterm convention?
At the opening night of the first ever “midterm” Republican convention in Dallas, President Trump is roasting the local Democratic…
How real is the ‘Burnham bounce’?
We’re still in the dead zone between Reform UK’s conference and the TUC and Lib Dems’ next week, with Labour…
Vance is back in the box seat
“We gotta take care of business this November,” said Vice President J.D. Vance, demurely, at the Republican convention last night,…
Race targets and hormone therapy for all: The Greens’ plan for the NHS
Hormone therapy for all, climate testing medicines and race-based targets for mental-health detentions are among Green Party proposals to reform…
Why I changed my mind on the Assisted Dying Bill
Last year I voted to give Kim Leadbeater’s Assisted Dying Bill a second reading in the House of Commons. I…
MPs kill the Assisted Dying Bill
The moment MPs voted against the assisted dying bill, with 286 votes against and 270 in favour Follow live reaction:…
Lonnie Bunch’s long march through the Smithsonian
Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first black head of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down after a tenure of some…
