Rector of St Andrews
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book