Edward Snowden
The man who exposed the watchers
David J. Garrow reviews Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the Surveillance State, by Barton Gellman
Four Eyes or Six?
Huawei’s private sector implications are being overlooked
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
Vegan diets won’t save us
Not all plant food is virtuous and not all meat and dairy is problematic
Are Truss and Gove the big winners?
Boris Johnson’s political skills have not deserted him
Why we must remember
The notion that freedom comes at a price seems to be one that escapes us
Repent! Repent!
Accusations of heresy should not be cloaked by pretence of legitimate complaint
Guru of regurgitation
Time for self-styled “design guru” Stephen Bayley to move on from his erstwhile mentor, monstrous Sir Tel
Have cake, hate cake
The Sun-Chancellor is having his cake, and hating himself for eating it
Piazzolla Cien Anos (Century Records)
Astor Piazzolla is so intimately identified with Buenos Aires that his wider relevance is often missed
Pro-imperial truths of the old world
This magnificent one volume history details the tumultuous days of the Indian army in the jungles of Burma
Better men in prison than women in morgues
The feminist fix: Violent men — not alcohol, unemployment, COVID or stress — kill women
Auntie’s quota-led new faces
The BBC risks putting social justice over excellence