There’s more to foreign news than US politics Something the UK media seems to forget...

Friday

28.08

Prof Michael Levitt: here’s what I got wrong The Nobel Prize winner returns to LockdownTV to discuss his predictions

US riots are eerily reminiscent of the Troubles Once again, a liberal democracy descends into bitter civil conflict

Thursday

27.08

A lesson in statistics… for the FDA Even numerate people make mistakes — and mislead without meaning to

Don’t educate litter louts, shame them! People should fear the consequences of disrespectful behaviour

The quiet heroism of refusing to raise a fist Standing up to the mob is never easy, and we should commend those who do it

Wednesday

26.08

Sorry AOC, there’s more to feminism than lipstick Let's not overstretch the meaning of a skincare routine...

Outside religion, who’s talking about forgiveness? The case of Janna Ezat reminds us of its power

Elizabeth Oldfield

Britain: A tale of two retail giants This country must look to its Ocado future — and leave behind it's M&S past

Tuesday

25.08

Yet another feminist burned at the stake Sasha White's crime? Transphobia, of course

In defence of the garden fence The things we value most flourish behind borders

Monday

24.08

A major Covid milestone that you won’t find on the BBC On 19th August there were zero reported Covid deaths — why is this not front page news?

Don’t cancel Rule Britannia… Tweak it Change a few lyrics, but don't let the cultural mavens remove patriotism altogether

Mary Harrington

Friday

21.08

Why the ‘BAME’ term has outlived its purpose Some of the sharpest social tensions are between ethnic and religious minorities

Sailing into a low-tech future A vision of a slower, more considered post-Covid world

Thursday

20.08

Why is Netflix sexing up ‘Cuties’? It is a symptom of a much wider problem in our culture

Let the 2020 meme wars commence The President has joined TikTok rival Triller, but to what end?

Wednesday

19.08

Jeremy Farrar is right: axing Public Health England is foolish When the director of the Wellcome Trust speaks out, people should listen

Finally! A religious story that is not about escape 'Inside the Bruderhof' inverts a clichéd liberal trope about breaking free

Mary Harrington

Tuesday

18.08

Trump the modern-day Nero? That’s rather unfair… to Nero The emperor was a showman but he didn't 'fiddle while Rome burned'

On pornography, Russell Brand is right The commodification of sex should never be celebrated

Monday

17.08

Un-herding the animals of Animal Farm What do the ducks, hens and geese tell us about Orwell's classic?

Friday

14.08

The real winners of the Israel-UAE deal It might be a historic agreement, but it's worth noting who truly benefits

James Bloodworth

The suburban joy of keeping chickens Is this a taste of the post-Covid utopia?

Exposing the fake God James Alison writes theology as if his life depended upon it

Thursday

13.08

‘Recession’ doesn’t begin to cover it The word downplays the magnitude of our current crisis

The Nordic streak in Britain’s character Our cultural links across the North Sea are deeper than we think

George Trefgarne

Wednesday

12.08

The spiritual transgression of facial recognition technology The face is too precious to be treated like a unit of data

Elizabeth Oldfield

Putin’s dangerous vaccine gamble Even if it pays off, the President has set a worrying precedent for medical ethics

Francois Balloux

Silly season comes to the Blue Tick brigade Our liberal celebs have outdone themselves this year...

Tuesday

11.08

What’s behind the longer hemline? Women's clothing is getting more modest — a trend that is likely to continue

Emma Watson, accidental Thatcherite Not all women can empower themselves to be Prime Minister...

Monday

10.08

Why is the BBC airing a Castro hagiography in 2020? Too many of us in liberal democracies want a romantic story to believe in

James Bloodworth

Are British workers skiving-off? Londoners are slower than the rest of Europe in returning to the office

Friday

07.08

Jupiter in Lebanon Macron has to engage with the country before it descends into civil war again

Will there be a second wave of coronavirus? Even in the worst-hit areas in the UK, the actual numbers are still fairly small

Thursday

06.08

‘Rightwashing’ is the wrong approach to viewpoint diversity In our publicly-funded institutions, the Left enjoys a near-monopoly on mediocrity

The Leicester lockdown was not necessary A month after the first "local lockdown", the data suggests it made no difference

The strange case of the disappearing statues A Dublin hotel's pre-emptive removal of its iconic figures has backfired

Wednesday

05.08

Exile: an underused solution Spain's former king has banished himself, with dignity and grace

The fourth plinth must get its just deserts It's time to permanently fill the empty platform with a traditional statue

Tuesday

04.08

Why won’t Right-wingers wear masks? Covid has blown apart the theory that conservatism is a response to pathogens

The coming struggle for space on our streets The Covid crisis has sparked a tarmac turf war

Monday

03.08

Tyler Cowen on ‘family capacity libertarianism’

Indonesia: the world’s most under-reported country When did you last see a news story about the world's largest island country?

When will the Yazidis get justice? Islamic State's genocide of the religious minority began six years ago today

Friday

31.07

WATCH: The Christian case against ‘morality’ My lecture at Sheffield University explored that uneasy relationship

Is Joe Rogan right about young men and video games? For some, gaming plugs the gap left by the loss of masculinity

Thursday

30.07

The most important fact about the stock market Why do investors keep piling back into stocks?

The housing market that wouldn’t die What will it take to actually reduce house prices?

Wednesday

29.07

Why liberals are more alike than conservatives Historically speaking, ideological uniformity tends to work

If we can’t ‘crush the curve’, let’s downsize the dose A new paper suggests that mask-wearing could benefit the wearers themselves

Tuesday

28.07

Noblesse oblige for the woke generation These days it’s not enough simply to have privilege: you have to spread it about

Mary Harrington

Give Grant Shapps a break! When it comes to taking holidays, politicians can't win

Monday

27.07

Gyms are re-opening and the snobs can shove off The media classes may turn their noses up, but weight training can improve your physical and mental health

James Bloodworth

Daring to be honest about hook-up culture Could Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You' be the start of a backlash against casual sex?

Friday

24.07

Stuart Wheeler: Always winning against the odds The UKIP financier had an ace up his sleeve on every occasion

Tucker exposes Hannity’s outdated conservatism Capitalism is no longer a force for liberalism and pluralism

Like Bosnia mujahideen, returning ISIS fighters will haunt UK Hundreds of returning jihadis from ISIS add to the ranks of people to watch

Thursday

23.07

Once again, anti-LGBT bigotry is reflected on our screens This week, the Turkish government launched yet another attack on gay rights

Is Tesla all that remains of real capitalism? We need more, not fewer, mavericks like Elon Musk

Wednesday

22.07

To understand EU tensions, remember William III The Dutch king warned that Europe must be saved from the French

Larry Siedentop

John Gray: this moment is bigger than 1989 The philosopher puts today's political turmoil in historical context

The hypocrisy of conserving Modernist architecture The only ideologically sound option is demolition

Tuesday

21.07

What has human sacrifice got to do with Twitter? Ask René Girard The French theologian's theory of mimetic desire maps onto the platform

An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes A small, troubling example of the effect political bias has on journalism

Why progressivism is flourishing in the US The competition to appear high status is pushing politics in an extreme direction

Monday

20.07

Is Dua Lipa an Albanian nationalist? It's complacent to assume that irredentist movements are a thing of the past

Boris truthers are the real giant babies The latest conspiracy theories have left rationality behind completely

Mary Harrington

How the elephant lost its trunk The story of the neoliberal era in one chart...

Saturday

18.07

Oxford epidemiologists: suppression strategy is not viable Freddie Sayers speaks to Profs Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson

Friday

17.07

We need a digital right to remain silent The police should not have access to the most intimate corners of our lives

Timandra Harkness

Prof Carl Heneghan: can we trust the Covid-19 death numbers? The Oxford epidemiologist has uncovered some worrying things about the way the data is recorded

The collective benefit of mask-wearing Sometimes, we just need to put our individuality aside

Thursday

16.07

Yes, there is such a thing as Englishness England has always existed, and will exist well beyond the lifetime of the union

How social media became a rancid Babel Online platforms strip away the physical interactions humans depend on

Elizabeth Oldfield

Forget Mars, why aren’t we going to Titan? Exploring Saturn's moon would be a far more interesting venture...

Wednesday

15.07

Watch out: anti-maskers are in your midst Contrary to confusing polls, over 1/3 of the population are against the latest move

America exports its racial politics to France Implanting race-based identities in Europe are misguided and dangerous

The EU’s fiendish game of beggar my neighbour Every member country tries to game the system

Meet the leader of the new ‘Italexit’ Party Freddie Sayers speaks to Italian senator Gianluigi Paragone

Tuesday

14.07

Maybe we are all ‘non-binary’? It is easy to create identities, but more difficult to define who qualifies