AI is Trump’s Manhattan Project
What is science? This used to be a test question at school, but it is now a test question for society. Today, we are in the midst of a historic…
The man who made bin Laden
As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Osama bin Laden will inevitably be seen as the attack’s bloody architect. Yet if the Saudi remains a jihadi icon, the extremists…
Andy Burnham meets reality
In the Seventies, a phrase emerged in Left-wing circles: “actually-existing socialism.” It had been used by Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker, the communist leaders of the Soviet Union and East…
Could the Middlesbrough crime spree spread?
The first people I spoke to in Middlesbrough told me to fuck off. He was drinking lager and kicking a tennis ball for a cocker spaniel; she was sitting outside…
Could the Middlesbrough crime spree spread?
The first people I spoke to in Middlesbrough told me to fuck off. He was drinking lager and kicking a tennis ball for a cocker spaniel; she was sitting outside…
Milo Yiannopoulos’ horrible homecoming
In 2017, addressing the fallout from remarks in which he appeared to condone pedophilic relationships between older men and boys, Milo Yiannopoulos held a press conference in New York. Making…