Journalism
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
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
Moving in mysterious ways
Normally, a warning comes with some kind of threat
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
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?
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
Making a miserable meal of mythbusting
The writing is laced with the sins of myth-making: boring, trite, incoherent, lazy and unfunny
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear