Jail
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
How to take on the culture warriors
Determining what is and isn’t appropriate is not the job of thought-policing left authoritarians
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Why do we need a privacy elite?
The world has conformed to Silicon Valley’s way of doing business
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
Digital killed the analogue man
Despite the seductions of the virtual, we can’t escape our bodies
Urban insecurity and conflict
The medieval English town was subject to fire, flood, plague — and revolution
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 mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party