Elon Musk
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
Elon Musk versus the EU
A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom
It’s called X, not XXX
Elon Musk is wrong to open the door to porn on X
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
