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Can regulation stop artificial intelligence wiping out humanity?
The arrival of super intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity. That’s the fear of leading AI figures, who…
Why Iran and the Taliban are clashing over water
Remarkable as it may sound, it looks as if a border skirmish this week between Iranian and Afghan border guards,…
What to do when you only have modest wine on hand for a decorous guest
So, I’ve have been rooting around in Horace’s Epistles, which are full of amusing things. They really are not “epistles” in…
Michael Cimino’s gift to cinema
In the spring of 1981, I committed what the entertainment press of that day regarded as an act of self-abuse:…
The university union may be beyond redemption
Life is not terribly good these days for most university teachers. Colleges, once centres of collegiate administration run on a…
Succession’s only real flaw
It’s strange to reach the end of something you’ve relished with a sense of relief. HBO’s Succession has given me…
Brexit could fix inflation
Has food price inflation finally peaked? Figures released by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) this morning reveal that food prices…
France’s failure to tackle migration is a warning to the Tories
Perhaps the most illuminating comment made by Nigel Farage during his discussion with Fraser Nelson on Spectator TV earlier this…
Moscow is now a target in Putin’s war
Russian drones attacked Kyiv last night, the 17th such assault this month. But this time there was a difference: just…
Czech Foreign Minister: Ukraine needs to ‘transform’ before it can join the EU
It doesn’t take long for visitors to Prague to figure out how the locals feel about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…
Can the Heritage Foundation unite the right?
Last September I was sitting in the crowd at the annual National Conservatism Conference, lamenting the fact that my hotel…
Blink and you’ll miss this libertarian moment
Political years are the opposite of dog years: they pass by in a blaze, with entire epochs elapsing in the…
A parting salute to the swizzle stick
We live in the age of takeaway-everything, a phenomenon amplified since the late, great plague by another barbarism: the drive-thru.…
How to become a ‘salad freak’
Imagine a summer morning in Southern California. You rise with the sun in a palm-shaded bungalow and stroll to a…
What the rise of Vox means for Spain
Vox, the most right-wing of Spain’s mainstream political parties, has emerged considerably strengthened from Sunday’s local and regional elections. With…
Erdogan made himself indispensable – to Turkey and the West
Some Turks voted for the devil they knew. More voted for the hero they knew. Either way, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
Europe’s rightward drift and the myth of backwards Britain
It is an idée fixe among British Europhiles that continental Europe is a progressive place firmly wedded to left-wing parties…
How much compensation should contaminated blood victims get?
The Financial Times estimated on 10 May that the impending compensation relating to the UK haemophilia treatment misadventure around 1980…
Erdogan’s debts are piling up
President Erdogan once again emerged victorious in Sunday’s presidential elections. In the highly contested race, he secured 52 per cent…
The next Chinese tech threat is already here
In recent years we’ve had fierce debates about the safety and security of Huawei, 5G, TikTok, semiconductors, ChatGPT and artificial…
The French academic paying a heavy price for probing the Muslim Brotherhood
Loitering by the entrance, I clock a large gentleman with tattoos crawling up his neck from underneath his collar. It’s…
The trouble with Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra
It’s the worst thing to happen to Cleopatra since that snake in the mausoleum. Queen Cleopatra is the second season…
The legal challenge to assisted suicide
Lonnie VanHook was preparing to board the train to Oregon when his body gave out. The Navy veteran is accustomed…
Are electric vehicles really the future?
It’s a cloudless spring day, made for a country drive. Chartreuse trees explode with pollen and glow to near neon.…
Why Erdogan won
This was supposed to be the year when Recep Erdogan would finally come to grief. Instead, he has defied the…
