Every day, multiple times a day, I need to stop briefly to unwind my thoughts and unburden my heart so that I can refocus and ...

Let us start with what is good about the unofficial Council of Europe meeting and statement to “rebalance” the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). What is good is that it is that the expressed ...

Parents call toddlers tyrants, and for good reason. They rule by appetite and tantrum, and their subjects—us—live in permanent negotiation with irrational power. My youngest has long since graduated ...

In the last year, the United States has transitioned from flawed liberal democracy to competitive authoritarianism. In this new regime, institutions as diverse as universities, law firms and news ...

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Constitutional, where a judgment or other formal document is used as a basis of a discussion about law and policy. This week’s legal texts are section 19 of the Public ...

“LinkedIn doesn’t know me anymore,” someone complained to me recently. “What do you mean?” I asked. She explained that the platform has replaced the old “recommended jobs” section, which used to show ...

Talking about racism and antisemitism can get you into trouble, as Diane Abbott knows well. The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington has been suspended from the Labour Party for a second time for ...

Its owners do, however, have one problem. “That overflow pipe,” said Dawn Farnworth, who established By the Wye with her husband, Steve, five years ago. “It never just trickles out, it gushes out.

The best way to attract attention in the crowded space of technology is to make bold claims. AI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo, director of the AI Futures Project, a research group based in California, ...

A cabinet minister has mounted a strong defence of the way the assisted dying debate has been conducted. The leader of the House, Lucy Powell, made the comments to MPs this morning in response to a ...

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Constitutional, where a judgment or other formal document is used as a basis of a discussion about law and policy. This week’s legal texts are section 51(6) of the Senior ...

One bright September afternoon in a forest in Switzerland, a 64-year-old woman is about to die. She is standing in a clearing, in front of a purple capsule that’s just large enough to fit a human ...