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Nick Bostrom: How can we be certain a machine isn’t conscious?
Philosopher Nick Bostrom on the AI threat
The pernicious creep of the 20mph zone
The blight of the 20mph speed limit
We’ve reached standing ovation saturation
‘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
Henry Kissinger talks to Andrew Roberts about Russia, China and Ernest Hemingway
East Germans still find it hard to see Russia as the enemy
East Germans still find it hard to see Russia as the enemy
Does Joe Biden want to protect women’s rights – or his majority?
Does Joe Biden want to protect women’s rights – or his majority?
An actor’s recipe for insanity
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
Can Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine survive the winter?
Inside the clash between Boris and Charles
Boris and Charles have had slightly fractious dealings so far
War of words: Scrabble players are being censored
Scrabble players are being censored
A vroom of one’s own: how I loved my old Mini
Oh how I loved my old Mini
Why economic sanctions never work
Economic sanctions have never worked
The triumph of the National Army Museum
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
Israel and Turkey’s tentative alliance
Putin’s billions: have sanctions backfired?
Is the Kremlin winning the sanctions war?
Three cheers for booing in the theatre
Are modern theatre-goers too polite?
Could a vaccine for cancer be within reach?
Have we reached a new stage in the war against cancer?
Why Ryanair is the best airline
Why Ryanair is Europe’s best airline
Ukrainians will never accept a fake peace with Putin
Ukrainians will never accept a fake peace with Putin
Who speaks for Britain’s modest Muslims?
Not all 3.4 million of us in Britain want to ban films
My 68 seconds as a white-collar boxer
My 68 seconds as a white-collar boxer
The death of political authority
Voters are increasingly unsure where to turn
The mystery behind elderflower
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
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
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor on her country’s quest for justice