Britain needs to get a grip on AI
We remember the empty hysteria induced by warnings over the millennium bug. We have borne the burden of exaggerated predictions…
Portrait of the week: The assisted dying bill falls, the Sussexes quit a school and Trump praises a united Ireland
Home MPs voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that offered assisted suicide, by 286 to 270;…
2767: Smoky – solution
The unclued lights (with the pair at 18/9) are locations in and around Edinburgh with the yellow squares revealing ‘Auld…
Which prime ministers have sporting achievements?
Premier sports Andy Burnham took part in the Great North Run, a half marathon, finishing in 1 hour 57 minutes.…
Letters: Why Douglas Murray should attend the St Paul’s rave
The need for Mammon Sir: Douglas Murray is right to wince at Sadiq Khan’s gloating over the partnership at St…
Portrait of the week: Britain sanctions Jewish settlements, Dover protests erupt and the AfD wins big
Home Ed Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, set out in the Commons new restrictions on buying goods made in Jewish settlements…
Ed Miliband has chosen to make British Jews less safe
On Tuesday, the Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, noted that the government is devoting an extra £250 million this year to…
How full are Britain’s care homes?
Before 9/11 11 September will always be remembered for the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon 25 years…
2766: Letters latent – solution
Within seven unclued lights were spelled out the letters spelling RHYTHMS (23D): LANYarD (28A), KURDaitchA (41A), LAwyeR (5A), PRIVAteeRSMAN (1D),…
Letters: ignore the farming doomsters
Despoiling Suffolk Sir: There can be few better summaries of government attitude to Britain’s countryside than James Vitali’s: ‘Something to…
How great is the Bayeux tapestry really?
Stitch in time Some facts and figures on the Bayeux tapestry, which is going on display at the British Museum…
Portrait of the week: Keir Starmer leaves, borrowing costs soar and King Harald dies
Home Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, said that anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be excluded from the early release…
Mark Carney is the true King of the North
Mark Carney never much liked Brexit. As the Bank of England’s governor during the 2016 referendum, Carney was limited in…
2765: Some beef – solution
Triplets related to WELLINGTON were WW2 bombers (4A, 13, 26), boots (11, 27, 32 and NZ cities (1D, 12, 31).…
Letters: What will I do without Gentleman’s Relish?
Lessons in education Sir: I read Michael Gove’s thought-provoking piece (‘Revenge of the Blob’, 29 August) with great interest. It…
2764: Place-names – solution
The unclued lights are boys’ and girls’ names which are also place-names. See Chambers 13th edition, p. 1833, et. seq.…
Now we need to see your economic plans, Prime Minister
Keir Starmer once promised to ‘tread more lightly’ on voters’ lives. Yet he presided over a government that raised taxes…
Portrait of the week: Burnham heads to Kyiv, energy bills rise and Meghan and Harry return
Home Andy Burnham made his first foreign trip as Prime Minister, to Kyiv. ‘Despite Russia’s outrageous threats to my country,’…
How have Eurostar passengers numbers changed over the years?
Made to run A robot at the Robotic Olympiad in Beijing bettered Usain Bolt’s 100 metres record by 0.19 seconds.…
Letters: The C of E is making all the wrong choices
People power Sir: Quentin Letts’s article (‘Plastic parsons’, 22 August) underlines the dire state of the Church of England today.…
Portrait of the week: barbecues are banned, Burnham is fooled and Farage wins Clacton
Home The temperature reached 38.1ºC at Kew Gardens, Surrey. In the West Midlands a wildfire at Stourbridge burnt down 19…
Jason Arday’s tragic death is no reason to silence the press
Physicians and the Samaritans warn against attributing suicide to a single cause. Doing so simplifies a complex tragedy. Those who…
Letters: universities have always been a little crazy
Universities’ challenge Sir: I have spent more than three decades in academia and so Lara Brown (‘Alma madder’, 15 August)…
How often do eclipses occur?
Star turn Britain experienced a solar eclipse but not the total eclipse visible in Iceland and Spain. How often do…
