28 Jul 2020 - 12:21pm

From Covid to crime: how media hype distorts risk The pandemic has forced everyone to undertake a high-stakes crash course in statistics — including journalists

Tom Chivers

23.07

Have I become a bourgeois cliche? My lockdown obsession with fine wine has refocused my attention on life's important little details

Giles Fraser

16.07

Even excommunication is better than cancellation Cancel and be damned: today's hyper-puritan mob justice offers no chance of redemption

Giles Fraser

14.07

The historical amnesia of culture warriors Work that's cancelled for being 'of its time' was probably objected to, at the time

Dorian Lynskey

10.07

So much for the bravery of the Harper’s letter The response to the free speech petition has once again exposed the intolerance of the Left

Douglas Murray

07.07

Don’t let the activists grind you down So what if you stand up for women's rights, or find Louis CK funny? It’s time to stop pandering to the mob

Meghan Murphy

06.07

We are all prisoners of groupthink Patrick McGoohan's 1960s cult curiosity turns out to be a parable for our intolerant times

Gareth Roberts

30.06

Why won’t liberals defend liberalism? The woke threat to liberty is not a fringe issue — and people with mainstream opinions are in the firing line

Peter Franklin

26.06

Who dares resist the Thought Police? The reaction to Jake Hepple's stupid stunt shows how dogmatism has poisoned society

Paul Embery

11.06

How cancel culture makes liars of us all For fear of never being forgiven, we pretend to be better than we are

Giles Fraser

10.03

Ten woke ways to shut down debate Some people would prefer you didn’t talk back — here's how they'll try to cancel you

Peter Franklin

09.03

The idiotic mistreatment of Woody Allen The director's critics don't seem to realise that when you replace law with rage, you destroy your own protections

Tanya Gold