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The world is losing its mind to artificial intelligence. AI is a transformative technology; it’s not a magical power. It’s time to call out those falling under its spell. Start with the moneymen. The prospectus for the sale of Elon Musk’s...
How must it feel, these turbulent days, to be the family of a politician under pressure? What kind of distress must they endure, witnessing the venom and public contempt directed at the person they love? Do their tormentors ever pause to...
The inquiry into the Grenfell fire exposed the depth of the corruption, malfeasance and indifference that led to the fire, a corporate world that displayed, in the words of Peter Apps, one of the most tenacious journalists in search of...
Inside Downing Street, there is a belated radicalism. Keir Starmer has insisted publicly he wants a decade as prime minister but those close to him say he has accepted in recent days that his time in No 10 is almost certainly coming to an...
In thinking about impunity, one needs to think not only about the formalisation of the criminal justice system but also about life and culture, theatre, TV programmes, even songs. One song I always come back to in the most difficult times is...
But Marilyn Monroe’s attempts to be taken seriously as an actor were met with ridicule. She was reduced to an accident of biology, as if her bod alone guaranteed her fame. She knew better: “These girls who try to be me… they haven’t got it,”...
In a world of bland soundbites, top cyclist Demi Vollering stands out. Mental health, menstruation and extreme dieting are not often topics in many post-race press conferences, but for the Dutchwoman nothing is off limits.
Mr B’s bookshop in Bath is more than a shop to me. It has been my sanctuary through life’s tumultuous shifts: a friend passing away; career ups and downs; a break-up. It’s a touchstone that I come back to.