Emma Barnett
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
