Let's hope he doesn't get lost in there. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Beijing casts a wary eye on the Metaverse China’s intelligence community ponders the risks of virtual reality

Thursday, December 30

The Online Right cancels one of its own Masculinity influencer Jack Murphy has been brutally banished for being a 'cuck'

Mary Harrington

A glimpse of better housing in South Tottenham A new development shows that building homes need not be a zero-sum game

Nicholas Boys Smith

Is Liz Truss set to be the new Alec Douglas-Home? Ideas about the Foreign Secretary taking over are eerily reminiscent

Wednesday, December 29

Was this the week England stopped worrying about Covid? Pundits and the public are turning against restrictions

Omicron in South Africa: even milder than expected Every number has come in under the projection

Pieter Streicher

Tuesday, December 28

The Covid wars ruined Germany’s Christmas My home country is being pulled into familiar conflicts

If Jeremy Hunt is such an expert on the NHS, why didn’t he fix it? The former health secretary wasted his time in charge

Monday, December 27

Banning online trolls from football is an empty gesture A new anti-racism policy won't fix anything

Andrew Orlowski

Adam McKay: another satirist lost to activism His latest film's agenda is painfully obvious

Sunday, December 26

Boxing Day need not be an anti-climax The Feast of Stephen is just the beginning

Saturday, December 25

Why celebrating Christmas is the rational thing to do Cultures need myths to survive

Elizabeth Oldfield

Friday, December 24

Why do I spend so much time on TikTok? There's a reason I'm on the app for four hours a day

The world’s most powerful space telescope is finally launching After a 30-year wait, the James Webb Space Telescope is heading to space

Donald Trump is winning vaccine politics The former president is doubling down on his biggest achievement

The case against Liz Truss No one better reflects the vacuity of contemporary politics

Thursday, December 23

The glamour of Joan Didion The writer could make meaninglessness matter

Joe Manchin: the last blue dog Democrat The Virginia Senator no longer fits in today's Party

Marshall Auerback

Mark Drakeford’s nonsense Covid rules are back Yet again the Welsh leader is using the virus for political purposes

Jack Dorsey’s big idea for a crypto future The Twitter founder's vision could be paradise or hell on earth

Wednesday, December 22

Kyle Rittenhouse: the latest Right-wing celebrity The acquitted shooter joins a long line of accidental political pin-ups

Why South Africans are refusing the vaccine Brian Pottinger talks to Freddie Sayers about his country's response to Covid

Government: lockdowns hurt minority groups most A new report makes for grim reading

“Non-crime hate incidents” aren’t gone yet Thousands of false allegations will still be recorded on scant evidence

Tuesday, December 21

Hispanics are turning away from Joe Biden A new poll finds that 65% of Latinos disapprove of the President

Caroline Nokes is confused about gender self-ID It's necessary to know people's birth sex

No one should cheer Rachel Riley’s libel triumph Her victory could have a stifling effect

The trouble with Nadhim Zahawi’s ex-teacher army The Education Secretary's big idea sounds better than it is

Kristina Murkett

What the non-decision on lockdown means The political atmosphere has fundamentally shifted

Monday, December 20

Farewell to the ‘non-hate crime incident’ Harry Miller won an important victory

Richard Rogers’ most important work was not his architecture His commitment to traditional urbanism remained highly influential

Nicholas Boys Smith

SAGE’s doomsday predictions are damaging public trust Dramatic Covid models are increasingly greeted with cynicism