Journalism
Moving in mysterious ways
Normally, a warning comes with some kind of threat
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
The dark future of free media in Europe
A French news channel has been fined for airing unchallenged negative views about migration and climate change
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
Terrible beauty
Does the World Press know what constitutes photojournalism?
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Prophetic warnings
Error is the joy of pedants, be the error serious or trivial
Why did the Eye look away?
Surely a title known for investigative journalism would be concerned by a series of trans scandals
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Total eclipse of the art?
Activistic artists and curators are making art a niche political endeavour
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
