Ben Sixsmith

Ben Sixsmith is Online Editor of The Critic. He tweets @BDSixsmith

Is Musk’s takeover of Twitter a good thing, a disaster, or just very funny?  

What is “post-truth” schooling?

What is it about fake online identities that is so appealing?

Jacob Phillips’ new book challenges the assumption that freedom lies in unconstraint

The boxing brothers are proving their mettle in the battle against Putin

The Ukrainians have launched the greatest PR operation of our times

The battle for academic rigour at the home of the Scottish Enlightenment

On the foetid fantasies of the fogeys

Zarah Sultana and the rise of the MP influencer

Can we leave old books alone?