Pippa Crawford
Pippa Crawford is an investigative journalist and critic specialising in Eastern Europe. She tweets at @crawford_pippa
Jonathan Ross’s existentialist hell
Jonathan Ross’s “crass” new TV show is surprisingly Sartrean
Space lasers over Kangerlussuaq
The Arctic territory is the frontline of a new hybrid war in communications
The UK’s China policy has created a legal trap
Out of date legislation and an ambiguous China policy may have collapsed the Westminster spying case
The sad face of espionage
The reality of Russian spying is more poignant and mundane than it might seem
Why the police keep losing sex offenders
We need to prioritise the rights of children to be kept safe
Most Read
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Will Andy crash and Burnham?
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
