Digital
Is it time to abolish cash?
The abolition of physical currency is not a panacea but might help deter tax dodgers
The bibliophobe barbarians
How to deal with the legacy of physical books in academic libraries?
Cooking the books
Digital-first academic journals undermine the gold standard of scholarship for the sake of profit
Is the government sleepwalking into a digital disaster?
The digital identities framework needs to account for individuals’ sex
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Spielberg’s ho-hum space chase
Those describing it as a masterpiece cannot have seen Saving Private Ryan or Schindler’s List
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished