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A beginner’s guide to witchcraft
Next year, Exeter University will offer an MA in Magic and Occult Science: the first of its kind in a…
The sad death of the pony ride
Pony rides were once a staple of every village, church and primary-school fête. A brusque, horsey mother would swing you…
Mind games: why AI must be regulated
During my time in No. 10 as one of Dominic Cummings’s ‘weirdos and misfits’, my team would often speak with…
Political Islam now commands the Middle East
No sane American president takes office hoping for war. Woodrow Wilson, a 56-year-old Princeton academic, said it would be ‘the…
Netanyahu has failed Israel
Jerusalem Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza is rapidly evolving into a war with all of Iran’s proxies…
Europe needs to step up on Ukraine
Vasyl, a burly, tattooed infantry commander who lost a leg to a Russian mine on the eastern front, sits swinging…
Ukraine’s fight has been eclipsed by the ‘Other War’
The first indication that this was a literary festival like no other came with the request to provide ‘proof of…
The real reason for falling birth rates
No nation in history is known to have emerged from the grip of long-term low birth rates. This sobering reality…
The World at War is the greatest documentary series ever made
To present a TV history documentary these days, one must first have access to the full Angels and Bermans dressing-up…
How to win four Nobel Prizes in literature
‘Hi Jacques,’ I say as the publisher of Fitzcarraldo Editions appears on my Zoom screen with his Franz Hals facial…
Can Israel’s hostages be saved?
The last message that Shaked Haran saw from her father was just after 7.30 a.m. on the Saturday of the…
What Iran gains from the conflict in Israel
What Iran gains from provoking Israel
What going blind taught me about humanity
What I learned from going blind
Britain must stand up against those who support Hamas
What happens now?
War at close quarters: a report from the Kfar Aza kibbutz
A report from the Kfar Aza kibbutz
The refreshing libertarianism of New Hampshire
The state of New Hampshire doesn’t like rules
‘Weaponising Jewish people is wrong’: Sadiq Khan on anti-Semitism, Ulez and the upcoming electoral battle
Sadiq Khan on anti-Semitism, Ulez and the upcoming electoral battle
The full English: how to fall in love with this country
A beginner’s guide to this country
Battle begins: inside Rishi Sunak’s plan to take on Labour
Prepare for a presidential campaign
Train wreck: HS2 destroyed the countryside I love
The countryside where I grew up has been destroyed by HS2
