TikTok
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
The performance of a lifetime
Dylan Mulvaney’s mimicry of women is absurd
Tick tock for TikTok
The platform is endangering young people
Corecore and cultural fragmentation
Young people are picking through the rubble of old aesthetics
A pantomime of womanhood
Women’s pain is not a novelty to be impersonated
The demons of WitchTok
Are Gen-Zs summoning evil spirits online?
This is not normal, this is not OK
Sexually violent images and messages are reaching teenagers through TikTok
The death of Ideals
TikTok, goblin mode, and the end of Platonism
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
Is university still worth it?
Rising fees raise questions about the value of some degrees
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
