Melissa Stock
Melissa Stock is a barrister specialising in privacy law. She tweets at @MStockBarrister
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots