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Jun 5, 2026
It’s often observed that horror films are a good barometer of pressing cultural anxieties. If so, the weather doesn’t look very good for social interaction right now....
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May 15, 2026
I’ve been looking into the literacy crisis, and I think I now understand it. These days young people are either making videos about how much they love books, or masturbating...
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May 1, 2026
Back when I worked at Sussex University, I sat through a lot of meetings. To relieve the tedium, I used to note changing fashions in language; bureaucratic phrases arriving from...
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Apr 10, 2026
Professions of personal responsibility are disappearing from common language. Mistakes get made but have no makers. Rules remain hauntingly unfollowed by persons unknown. Even the US...
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Apr 3, 2026
Human tribalism can make you long for the impersonality of robot justice. Last week gave us two examples of writers apparently reliant on AI to do the thinking for them, with each...
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Feb 27, 2026
The modern world can seem disenchanted and meaningless. Tempting, then, to find mystery in the fact we experience anything at all. A new book about the nature of human consciousness...
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Feb 2, 2026
Arriving to see Melania in the LGBT+ mecca that is Brighton, the cinema was practically empty. It’s a shame, because in theory the woman at the heart of the film is a gay...
Jun 5, 2026It’s often observed that horror films are a good barometer of pressing cultural anxieties. If so, the weather doesn’t look very good for social interaction right now....
May 15, 2026I’ve been looking into the literacy crisis, and I think I now understand it. These days young people are either making videos about how much they love books, or masturbating...
May 1, 2026Back when I worked at Sussex University, I sat through a lot of meetings. To relieve the tedium, I used to note changing fashions in language; bureaucratic phrases arriving from...
Apr 10, 2026Professions of personal responsibility are disappearing from common language. Mistakes get made but have no makers. Rules remain hauntingly unfollowed by persons unknown. Even the US...
Apr 3, 2026Human tribalism can make you long for the impersonality of robot justice. Last week gave us two examples of writers apparently reliant on AI to do the thinking for them, with each...
Feb 27, 2026The modern world can seem disenchanted and meaningless. Tempting, then, to find mystery in the fact we experience anything at all. A new book about the nature of human consciousness...
Feb 2, 2026Arriving to see Melania in the LGBT+ mecca that is Brighton, the cinema was practically empty. It’s a shame, because in theory the woman at the heart of the film is a gay...