Steven Poole

On 23 March, Donald Trump said that if things didn't go to his liking in Iran, “we just keep bombing our little hearts out”. A week later the US

A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the horror

Pinball was once considered immoral, a countercultural pursuit to be played in seedy spaces.

Most early ransomware originated in Russia, where young computer programmers lacked the opportunities of their peers in Silicon Valley.

Is Hamlet still Hamlet when every word has changed? A superbly diverting book about language and creativity

This fascinating intellectual history takes us from Thomas More to Ursula K Le Guin

This fascinating intellectual history of imagined paradises takes us from Thomas More to Ursula K Le Guin. Steven Poole The Guardian

Steven Poole How do you feel about exclamation marks? Otherwise known as gaspers, screamers, dog's cocks, or shrieks.

The world in some ways has slowed down. More congestion means that cars travel less quickly through cities than they have in recent decades.

Read this exciting story from The Wall Street Journal July 14, 2026 issue. We are often told that the speed of innovation today is faster than ever before and accelerating exponentially.