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Jemima Kelly

Jemima Kelly

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The deep eccentricity of Donald Trump

The US president’s rather bizarre character is crucial to understanding why he is so successful

30.03.2025 30

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My date used AI to psychologically profile me. Is that OK?

Large language models are unaware of the offline context that sensitive information might be employed in

23.03.2025 10

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The shift to a more oral culture is not all bad

Anxieties about the decline of literacy are well founded, but the spoken word opens a welcome space for nuance too

16.03.2025 40

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America needs a serious opposition

Democrats should spend less time on gimmicks and more on communicating what they actually stand for

09.03.2025 20

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Ugly showdown or lovefest, Trump is all about the message

Over the past week, we have seen two very different sides to the president’s communication style

02.03.2025 10

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When we politicise everything we make society stupider

By losing our ability to see things at face value we are losing our grip on reality

23.02.2025 10

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The rights and wrongs of politicians ‘doing God’

JD Vance’s musings on Catholic theology drew a rebuke from the pope himself

16.02.2025 40

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Welcome to the ‘mask-off’ era

The return of Donald Trump to the White House captures a broader cultural shift

02.02.2025 20

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The cravenness of Mark Zuckerberg

Changes to the fact-checking regime at Meta make it look like he’s caving in to Trump

13.01.2025 30

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Let us abandon our ‘fat, relentless egos’ in 2025

If we focus more on what’s going on around us, we may end up feeling better about things

29.12.2024 6

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Trump and the power of Mar-a-Lago

The former property developer well understands how buildings and spaces can be used effectively as propaganda

22.12.2024 7

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Podcasts, politics and the craving for imperfection

Lo-fi, unpolished performances have become more popular than carefully stage-managed versions of reality

15.12.2024 5

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Democrats must not abandon the moral high ground

Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter invites comparison to Donald Trump’s most censured actions

08.12.2024 4

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The grim ghost of crypto future

Overconfidence since the election victory of Donald Trump could tee the sector up for its next collapse

01.12.2024 3

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The Trump vibe shift was there for all to see

Voters didn’t enter the polling booths holding their noses; they went in with their eyes wide open

24.11.2024 10

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Why attacking Trump’s character has proven so ineffective

Moral grandstanding is not the best way to convince people to come over to your side

03.11.2024 4

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If you’re going to multitask, do it mindfully

Doing more than one thing at once can feel overwhelming — but it can also be liberating

27.10.2024 6

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The power and the perils of Trump’s ‘flow state’

The former president’s latest town hall was a spectacle even by the standards of modern American politics

20.10.2024 6

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News avoiders relinquish their democratic privilege 

Our fractured, algorithm-driven attention economy is all too easily exploited when people aren’t paying attention

13.10.2024 10

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How I learnt to stop worrying and (mostly) love the e-bike

Unsightly kerbside debris to some, eco-friendly cycles for hire have improved urban journeys

06.10.2024 2

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The farce that is America’s ‘crypto election’

This campaign may be awash with crypto money and rhetoric but it’s not clear that either of the candidates really care

29.09.2024 3

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Embarrassment, what is it good for?

The feeling may be superficial but that doesn’t make it any less agonising

15.09.2024 10

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We must not allow free speech to become a partisan issue

Repelled by the characters of those who decry censorship, we fail to value rights that are fundamental to liberal democracy

08.09.2024 40

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Why does calling Trump ‘weird’ hurt him so much?

Democrats are beating the former US president at his own game

01.09.2024 2

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Why do we find it so hard to accept coincidences for what they are?

Apparently meaningful relations between events get us hunting for causation in vain

25.08.2024 10

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JD Vance shows that impersonating Trump is not that easy

The former president’s running mate lacks charisma, charm and a sense of humour

29.07.2024 8

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Stop worshipping at the feet of the wealthy

Reactions to the Ambani wedding show we have lost our distaste for fortunes on extravagant display

21.07.2024 2

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