Joker: Folie à Deux makes me long for the Joker of my childhood
Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to Joker (2019), and you have to admire Todd Phillips for returning with…
The BBC Singers Centenary Concert was toe-curling
When does a new opera enter the repertoire? Judith Weir’s Blond Eckbert has only had a couple of UK productions…
The Christian view of sex contains multitudes
Lower Than the Angels (that is the condition of man, according to the psalmist and St Paul) is a book…
I agree with pop’s war on iPhones – but King Canute might want a word
Before each show on the recent The The tour – reviewed in these pages last week – the pre-recorded voice…
How can Ireland survive the seismic changes of the past three decades?
Historians in Ireland occupy a public role – unlike in Britain, where those with an inclination towards the commentariat usually…
At Las Vegas’s Sphere I saw the future of live arts
Does Elon Musk have a good eye for the aesthetic? Earlier this month, the Tesla magnate took a break from…
What rats can teach us about the dangers of overcrowding
The peculiar career of John Bumpass Calhoun (1917-95), the psychologist, philosopher, economist, mathematician and sociologist who was nominated for the…
Politics as Ripping Yarns: the breathless brio of Boris Johnson’s memoir
Like a cross between Aeneas and Biggles, our intrepid hero travels the world, endures a thousand ordeals and makes himself father of the world’s greatest city
Campus protesters for Palestine no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt
On Monday afternoon as I sat in class at NYU studying the antisemitic policies of the Third Reich, the “Flood…
Tesla’s Cybercab promises a better future — for Elon Musk
Each year, more than 40,000 people die in car accidents — and most of them are caused by user error.…
Starmer investment summit thrown into disarray
This weekend, Sir Keir Starmer marks his first 100 days in 10 Downing Street – with the hope of better…
Transport Secretary caught in £1bn ferries row
Back to Labourland, where there’s more trouble afoot. It emerged today that some rather careless comments made by a Cabinet…
Labour’s worker’s rights bill is more of a slow burner
Labour’s long-promised Employment Rights Bill may not be quite as immediately game-changing as the trade unions hoped or the business…
Should the MoD be using AI for our defence strategy?
Eyebrows have been raised, to put it mildly, at the news that the Ministry of Defence is using an artificial intelligence programme…
How will Israel retaliate against Iran?
When Iran attacked Israel last week with a barrage of missiles, one thing was certain: Israel would hit back hard.…
A call to expel the students involved in the trespassing at The University of Melbourne
The students involved in the trespassing of Professor Steven Prawer’s office should be expelled from the University and charged with…
There’ll never be another tennis hunk like Rafael Nadal
In the pantheon of all-time tennis hunks, Rafael Nadal sits at the apex. The hunkiest ever to do it. In…
Half of Labour voters disappointed by Starmer
All is not well with the Labour lot just now – and the party’s supporters are rather unimpressed. Polling from…
France is finally opting for austerity
After the binge, the bill? The new French government of Michel Barnier presented the main lines of its proposed 2025…
Britain could pay a heavy price if it fails to crackdown on Chinese EVs
The European Union has joined the United States and Canada in slapping tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs). It’s a…
The likelihood of a Boris Johnson comeback
There’s been plenty of drama in Westminster this week with Keir Starmer reshuffling his No. 10 team and the Tories’…
