Media
Beware the crisis crisis
Constant catastrophism is destroying our brains
Love’s labourers lost
Romeo finds himself overcome by a sense of utter hopelessness
The BBC can’t fix its class problems with quotas
The Corporation’s diversity obsession is the problem, not the solution
Study RT as propaganda — don’t ban it
Putin’s information war won’t be defeated by censorship
Nudging the news
Has the partnership between Sky and the Behavioural Insights Team breached Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code?
What we talk about when we want to do nothing
The problematic discourse is disingenuous opportunism
Heil Greta
It’s time for Greta-worshippers to subject her claims to the same scrutiny as other major political figures
Brammar time
Just like Brexit, the BBC’s mishandling of Jess Brammar will hasten their demise
Rosie Cackle
Veteran comedienne
Funny old priorities
Why did Sarah Hussein’s death not attract anything like the interest in Sarah Everard?
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
TransForming London
You deserve to be inclusioned in London’s progressive future
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
