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The WFH bubble has burst
We would work over Zoom. We would all exercise on our Peletons. We would order in organic vegetable boxes, stream…
Downflood: the Good Ship Boris is sinking
In Sebastian Junger’s book The Perfect Storm, there’s a near-matchless description of how big boats go to the bottom. ‘The crisis…
Big tech wants us to empathize with robots
It seems like we can’t help getting attached to robots. It also seems like the people making the robots are…
Dominic Raab: ‘Serious consequences’ if Russia invades
Dominic Raab – ‘Serious consequences’ if Russia invades Ukraine The Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab took to the TV studios…
Science Museum axes slavery exhibits
An iconoclastic spirit has swept much of Britain’s institutions over the past two years. Just last month Mr S revealed that…
How China spies on the West
In December last year Oxford University students were offered £15,000 in prize money if they could solve challenges relating to…
It’s time for Boris Johnson to go
The partygate farce drags on. Do we have a government, sustained by a dominant political party or do we have…
‘West Elm Caleb’ and the vindictiveness of a social media feeding frenzy
The saga of ‘West Elm Caleb’ will make you wish that you had never used the internet. It will make…
Why Sage got Omicron wrong
Given that lockdown was very nearly ordered on the advice of Sage last month, it’s worth keeping an eye on…
Eastern Europe’s toxic relationship with Russia has left the EU divided
Joe Biden’s fatalistic statement this week that suggested a ‘minor incursion’ by Russia into Ukraine might be tolerated by the…
The real problem with the BBC’s partygate coverage
As a journalist, it’s never a comfortable feeling when the news organisation you work for becomes the story. But with…
The mystery of Canada’s indigenous mass graves
When a young anthropologist claimed in late May 2021 that she had discovered 215 unmarked graves near the Kamloops Residential…
We must never abandon children during lockdown again
Schools are far more than mere exam factories. Across the UK, teachers in 32,000 schools and colleges care for children…
How did the Texas synagogue terrorist slip through the cracks?
Just how many databases was Malik Faisal Akram on? It turns out that the 44-year-old Briton – who was shot…
Independence would completely derail Scotland’s green revolution
In some ways it was refreshing to see the radical left brought to heel by the realities of government. Having…
The rampant egotism of Boris’s backbench MPs
The post-war Conservative statesman David Maxwell Fyfe once claimed that loyalty was the Tory secret weapon. Like many of his…
Will our future lives be like a video game?
A few years ago, the software company Owlchemy Labs released a computer game called Job Simulator. Its premise was simple.…
Europe can’t expect America to ride to its rescue against Putin
Joe Biden received a lot of flak for suggesting that Nato might be divided about what to do next if…
What happens if Boris wins a no confidence vote?
The Partygate drama is temporarily paused as Tory MPs wait for Sue Gray to deliver her report. But even once…
Blair is right: Boris doesn’t have a plan for Britain
What can Boris Johnson and the Tories learn from Tony Blair? While Labour’s former leader remains deeply unpopular – and indeed…
Sex, trans rights and the Scottish census
It takes some doing to make a census interesting. So congratulations to the National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS, which administers…
How lockdown sparked a wave of anxiety among Britain’s children
I knew what ‘anxiety’ meant when I was in primary school. But it was not a word I had cause…
Putin won’t be fazed by Britain’s show of military support to Ukraine
Can the British army afford to take on Russia? That’s the burning question that has been left after Defence Secretary…
The fate of the French Socialists is a warning for Boris Johnson
The defection of Christian Wakeford to Labour has put a spring in the step of the left-wing party. Apparently it…
Has Macron shot France’s energy industry in the foot?
Gas prices are soaring. Europe could be about to witness electricity shortages. Power companies are collapsing by the day, and,…
