Tech Industry
Scrap the Online Safety Bill
The blunt of legislation could steamroller valid criticisms
Silicon Valley’s apocalypse
Reality is coming back to bite
Against Tory tinkering
Bin the Online Safety Bill
The digital dirty war
Ukraine is partnering with Silicon Valley to digitally desecrate the dead
No one expects the EU Inquisition
The Digital Services Act would appoint “coordinators” with an army of “trusted flaggers” to police digital speech in every EU member state
Chip race with China
China’s purchase of Newport Wafer Fab follows a strategy to control high-tech supply chains. Does our Government grasp the danger?
Pay no attention
In the rush to blame tech companies, we forget the ultimate threat to free speech comes from the state
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Fine art versus luxury goods
The auction houses’ love expensive brands
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
Best bets for Cheltenham
My racing tips for Cheltenham
