Book Review
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
When will bishops be held to account?
If you challenge the progressive establishment, prepare to be abandoned by the hierarchy of the Church of England
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
