Journalism
Against writers
But in praise of writing
Charley Coutts: celebrity interviewer
From Nick Cage to De Niro
The Great Awokening of British media
New research throws light on how the media landscape is being transformed
Beware the crisis crisis
Constant catastrophism is destroying our brains
Bye-bye Boris
Rob Hutton on the last days of the Emperor Boris
The BBC’s black hole baloney
Auntie makes a cosmic error
A Hitch in time
Our Falklands correspondent muses on the importance of the war to the late journalist
Boris will be Boris … again
How to end up a happy ex-prime minister
Guilty of Journalism
In defence of Glen Owen doing his job
More of the same news from the BBC
Stonewall’s agenda is still embedded in the Corporation’s culture
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
The slick glide through the institutions
When values are outsourced to third-party organisations, everybody suffers
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
