Internet
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
Elon Musk versus the EU
A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Elegy for the phoneless youth
The lost romance of growing up without the internet
The price of porn
Is pornography hacking our sexual desires?
Letting data live
The secrets of semiconductors
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
The Scullionbait Awards for Reporting Merit
Articles with no opposing quotes, criticism, or trace of so-called “balance”
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
