Explainer in brief: Asian hornets have invaded the UK, but should you be afraid? May 20, 2024 Brits are being told to remain “vigilant” this summer as UK sightings of Asian hornets reach record highs, but should you be afraid?
Why do politicians put up with insults from pensioners? May 20, 2024 You’d expect the Prime Minister to be thick-skinned but when he has expended so much literal and political capital on pensioners only to be accused of hating them you wonder how he keeps his cool, says Joseph Dinnage Being a frontline politician, particularly in the age of the keyboard pundit, is not a job for [...]
Eco activists calling for literature festival boycotts should read a book May 20, 2024 Writers signing a letter calling on book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels exhibit a lazy habit of mind that has no place in literature, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment. Only an autocracy would demand that all its creative output mindlessly cohered to the values of the regime. [...]
The Notebook: There’s only one thing bridging the Westminster divide: Taylor Swift May 20, 2024 Michael Martins takes the Notebook pen to talk Labour hiring, Westminster politics, and the diplomatic powerhouse that is Miss Taylor Swift.
Joseph Stiglitz has wooed the left, but his straw men pose a real-life threat May 20, 2024 Joseph Stiglitz's new book makes a grotesque bogeyman of 'the right', and it will have dangerous consequences, writes Eliot Wilson.
Capital markets, climate change and AI will profoundly alter financial services May 20, 2024 Addressing the biggest challenges facing the economy will not only bolster the City’s offering, but will contribute to broader questions of growth and productivity, says Chris Hayward City Week is back! Today, the 14th edition of City Week begins and Guildhall’s doors will open to over 1,000 international delegates. This year, our focus is four [...]
Guerrilla influencers and AI news anchors, China is ramping up its propaganda machine May 19, 2024 China's propaganda machine is embracing AI - but there are limits to what tech can do with bad storytelling, writes Ruby Osman.
Here’s how to get Gen Z interested in their pensions May 18, 2024 Allowing employees to choose their pension provider and consolidate their contributions into one pot is popular with Gen Z who frequently move jobs and could help them be more financially secure in the future, Says Niamh O Regan By and large, people choose their own financial products. Who to bank with, where to lodge their [...]
Janet Street-Porter embodies this country’s pensioner problem May 17, 2024 Where on earth does Loose Women's Janet Street-Porter get the idea Rishi Sunak 'hates pensioners'? The entire Conservative agenda is built around appeasing this entitled generation and the rest of us are paying for it
Natalie Elphicke wasn’t worth it May 17, 2024 Keir Starmer will regret alienating Labour Party members and women’s rights campaigners by welcoming in the morally and politically tainted Natalie Elphicke, says Morgan Jones The words “new Labour MP” are music to the ears of many on the left – unless they are followed directly by “Natalie Elphicke”. A former member of the European [...]