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Nick Bostrom: How can we be certain a machine isn’t conscious?

9 July 2022 9:00 am

Philosopher Nick Bostrom on the AI threat

The pernicious creep of the 20mph zone

9 July 2022 9:00 am

The blight of the 20mph speed limit

We’ve reached standing ovation saturation

2 July 2022 9:00 am

‘And now the end is here / And so I face the final curtain…’ You said it, Frank. The lights…

'There are three possible outcomes to this war': Henry Kissinger interview

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Henry Kissinger talks to Andrew Roberts about Russia, China and Ernest Hemingway

East Germans still find it hard to see Russia as the enemy

2 July 2022 9:00 am

East Germans still find it hard to see Russia as the enemy

Does Joe Biden want to protect women’s rights – or his majority?

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Does Joe Biden want to protect women’s rights – or his majority?

An actor’s recipe for insanity

2 July 2022 9:00 am

I’m on the road, a very proper place for an actor to be. Never mind all those jokes about some…

Cold war: Putin’s plan to hold Germany to ransom

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Can Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine survive the winter?

Inside the clash between Boris and Charles

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Boris and Charles have had slightly fractious dealings so far

War of words: Scrabble players are being censored

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Scrabble players are being censored

A vroom of one’s own: how I loved my old Mini

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Oh how I loved my old Mini

Why economic sanctions never work

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Economic sanctions have never worked

The triumph of the National Army Museum

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Five years ago this month I wrote an article in The Spectator denouncing the National Army Museum after its £24…

The odd couple: Israel and Turkey’s tentative alliance

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Israel and Turkey’s tentative alliance

Putin’s billions: have sanctions backfired?

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Is the Kremlin winning the sanctions war?

Three cheers for booing in the theatre

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Are modern theatre-goers too polite?

Could a vaccine for cancer be within reach?

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Have we reached a new stage in the war against cancer?

Why Ryanair is the best airline

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Why Ryanair is Europe’s best airline

Ukrainians will never accept a fake peace with Putin

25 June 2022 9:00 am

Ukrainians will never accept a fake peace with Putin

Who speaks for Britain’s modest Muslims?

18 June 2022 9:00 am

Not all 3.4 million of us in Britain want to ban films

My 68 seconds as a white-collar boxer

18 June 2022 9:00 am

My 68 seconds as a white-collar boxer

The death of political authority

18 June 2022 9:00 am

Voters are increasingly unsure where to turn

The mystery behind elderflower

18 June 2022 9:00 am

There’s an old saying that English summertime begins when the frothy heads of elderflowers appear in hedgerows – and ends…

‘It’s in my blood’: Prince Charles’s love of Transylvania

18 June 2022 9:00 am

For the first time since the pandemic, Prince Charles has returned to Transylvania. When he visits the small village of…

‘We can show these crimes to the world’: Ukraine’s chief prosecutor on her country’s quest for justice

18 June 2022 9:00 am

Ukraine’s chief prosecutor on her country’s quest for justice