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Futurology is a mug’s game. There are too many examples of it going wrong to make anyone comfortable about trying it. Read more

It’s one way to keep in touch with people. Each morning, somewhere between the first coffee of the day and the first drink, I open my computer, log on to

Political TV hosts in America are obsequious, self-congratulatory and inadequate — let's not copy them Read more

There was always one key flaw in our species. Which is that someone always shags a monkey. Read more

Churches may be shut, and services cancelled, but we can still be moved by the music of Holy Week Read more

The media carrying on as normal during a health crisis is less public service, more public nuisance. Read more

In his new book, Ross Douthat writes convincingly of America’s descent into decadence and torpor. Can anything stop the slide? Read more

By asking ‘How do we spend our time well?’ I do not of course mean simply ‘How do we keep ourselves busy?’. There are home exercise videos for that. Even

If we don't draw a distinction between the Right and the far-Right, we'll lose our ability to recognise which is which Read more