Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson is Legal and Policy Officer for Big Brother Watch
Nadine Dorries is watching you
The Online Safety Bill threatens basic liberties
Can the power of information be controlled?
The internet democratised speech but with the new Online Safety Bill, politicians and the media are trying to put the genie back in the bottle
Toxic relationship
For a long time, it has seemed that you’re nobody until somebody’s tried to get you cancelled
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Germany is acknowledging the unspeakable
A pattern of criminality is shattering taboos
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
Why “buffer stocks” don’t work
Yet again, economists have failed to understand Smith
Welcome to butter mountain
Labour’s extraordinary predicted majority might disappear almost as quickly as it arrives
The rise and fall of Rishi
Exceptional good fortune met common mediocrity