Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
The return of non-crime hate incidents
Labour are attacking free speech through the back door
