Jessica Ní Mhainín
Jessica Ní Mhainín is policy and campaigns manager at Index on Censorship. She tweets at @jessicanimhain
The dangers of “safety”
Ill-defined clauses make the Online Safety Bill a threatening prospect
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
The schadenfreude election
The Labour landslide is a clarifying moment, which will be good for British political debate
The pain of Sinn Fein
How has support for the party fallen so dramatically?
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
Nightmare on Starmer Street?
Bigger government is coming — but there is no avoiding it