Tech
Back to the future
How Hunt’s embrace of technology risks repeating Blair’s folly
Fake it ’til you break it
Tech’s dangerous cult of genius
TikTok time bomb
Schools across the UK have been targeted by anonymous TikTok accounts where pupils rate and defame their teachers
In China’s pocket
Tech UK is taking money from CCP-influenced tech giants to lobby UK politicians
Why is Britain good at R&D but has so few major tech companies?
Mike Lynch offers his solutions – from ARM to post-Brexit regulation
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
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
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Cognition porn and discursive dehumanisation
Cultural and political discourse can follow the reductive yet seductive logic of pornography
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
How not to investigate the origins of Covid
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control by Dali L. Yang
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
