Fake News
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
How the Press Association got bullied
And how the journalistic sausage gets made
BBC News prefers some voices to others
How the Beeb fails to inform
The big turn off
Declining audiences is a big problem for journalism
The next great disinformation panic
Journalists gain trust by trusting the public
Has Britain gone mad?
The myth of fighting conspiracy theories can be as comforting as the real thing
Abolish the disinformation reporter
Disinformation reporting is becoming activist journalism
The rites of Spring
The pandemic’s chief fact checker is failing to grasp the realities of the post-covid era
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished