Month: May 2020

Total Results: 78

The sinister bias of YouTube and Twitter Forget BBC impartiality, it's the unlimited power of the tech giants that should really alarm us

Coronavirus doesn’t care about politics Government plans have always been one step behind the virus — test and trace won't change that

The sad loss of our common rituals The history of Whit Monday has already vanished — and lockdown is eroding our common calendar further

These bullying bishops aren’t brave Why are the guardians of public morality joining the pitch-fork mob?

Thursday

28.05

Is China trolling the West? By encouraging a global backlash against his own nation, Xi Jinping is playing a deadly game

Mary Harrington

Yesterday, the Beatles and why talent isn’t enough Richard Curtis ignores the fact that great artists are often in the right place at the right time

Simplicity is at the root of policy failures Whether it's lockdown regulations or welfare payments, one-size-fits-all is not the answer

Polly Mackenzie

Why we remember wars but forget plagues Art ignores pandemics because they're too boring, too horrific and too depressing

Wednesday

27.05

Our dangerous addiction to prediction When it comes to forecasting, what we need more than anything is humility

Why the Zoom gloom has set in Meaningful social connection requires eye contact, handshakes and hugs

The truth about ‘Obamagate’ Donald Trump is turning the false allegations of Russian collusion to his advantage

Why do leaders flout lockdown rules? In Poland as in Britain, there seems to be one rule for the elite and another for everyone else