Media
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?
The decline of the quality press
Frequent hyperbole means the media would struggle to describe a genuine disaster
Nobody expects the BBC Inquisition
The man who would do anything for a scoop
The New York Times
Bad times at the Grey Lady
How neutral is “Full Fact”?
Sometimes it’s hard to get anyone right
China’s media empire
China’s leaders are growing impatient as they seek to shape world opinion
A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
The problem with prescriptions
Concerns about over-prescription should not be trivialised or problematised
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
Say it ain’t so, Joe
How democratic is a shadowy cabal conspiring to hide the fact that Biden is too frail to govern?
A lawyer in Number 10
What of prime minister-in-waiting Keir Starmer’s views on legal issues?
Prophetic warnings
Error is the joy of pedants, be the error serious or trivial
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
What Trump gets right about NATO
There needs to be a shifting in the balance of responsibility from America to Europe
More shenanigans at the RIBA
Ideologues and marketers are ruining the Royal Institute of British Architects
The football world’s war on free speech
Football authorities are attempting to insist on what political values players and supporters should represent
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
