David Whitehouse
Dr David Whitehouse is an author and broadcaster. He has a Ph.D in astrophysics from Jodrell Bank and is a former science editor for BBC News. Follow him at @drdwhitehouse
Under the microscope
What is the value of research if the results are so fragile?
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event