05/27/2021 - 5:30pm

The UK Greens are no match for their German cousins One is polling in the single digits, while the other could soon win power

Is Russell Brand a conspiracy theorist? The comedian has lent his support to a major Trumpist talking point

Why is the National Trust so embarrassed by Britain? The group's chairman is leaving — but don't expect anything else to change

Viktor Orbán needs Boris — not the other way round The UK has left the EU, but the Tories remain important players

Alexander Faludy

Wednesday, May 26

Told you so: Charles Darwin next up for cancellation The scientist's reputation is looking under threat

Dominic Cummings’s fantasy: that he invented lockdown The truth is sadly less heroic than he makes out

Study: the culture war that does cut through What may seem like a Twitter brouhaha can have political impact

Tuesday, May 25

Chloe Valdary: ‘wokeism’ is not a religion Unlike Original Sin, the sin of Whiteness has no path to redemption

Another rich sportstar fails to stand up to the Chinese John Cena's apology on Taiwan displays an all too familiar lack of courage

Is it time to sell your Bitcoin? Its crazy ups and downs are scaring prominent investors

A crime wave in the poorest areas shames BLM The movement is hurting the people it was meant to help

Monday, May 24

There is nothing sexist about opposing at-home abortions Politicians should consider the costs of this radical move carefully

Georgia Gilholy

Welcome to post-democracy Politics has become a game for institutional power players, not the voting public

Mary Harrington

Across Europe, the populists are on the march From France to Finland, Right-wingers are surging

Friday, May 21

Jacques Maritain: Joe Biden’s favourite Catholic thinker The President seems unaware of the scarier side of the philosopher's Catholicism

We cannot let the WHO rewrite pandemic history The organisation's about-turn on lockdowns has not gone unnoticed

Masterclass from Belarus: how to survive as a dictator President Alexander Lukashenko has some lessons for other strongmen

Social psychology nearly ruined my favourite film Fight Club's not the same when you know 'subliminal advertising' doesn't work

Thursday, May 20

The border closure debate is turning us into bigots Politicians of all stripes are resorting to ugly tropes about Britain's porous borders

Nicholas Wade: the case for the Covid lab-leak theory Freddie Sayers spoke to the science writer about his investigation into the origins of Covid-19

Revealed: The most important political trend of our time New research shows just how important the education divide is in western politics

Joe Biden is more Ronald Reagan than FDR Both have bumbling, grandfatherly public personas, which they use to full effect

The University of Essex turns on Stonewall The group's misrepresentation of the law is a cautionary tale

Kristina Murkett

Wednesday, May 19

Confusing travel advice only spreads suspicion Contradictory messaging is most damaging to the least powerful

Are British politicians finally getting real on China? MPs sound increasingly hawkish

The seductive app for sexless submissives NewNew lets you pay to control other peoples' lives — what could go wrong?

Mary Harrington

Is anti-tech terrorism the wave of the future? The Unabomber's ideas are spreading from the online world to the real one

Tuesday, May 18

Fired Apple employee: a reckoning is underway Freddie Sayers spoke to the tech engineer about his recent dismissal

Only the Government can truly put an end to ‘wokeism’ An asymmetric culture war has been fought for too long

Will North Wales’ new ‘agender’ mayor accept your apology? Apparently, saying sorry isn't always enough

Monday, May 17

America takes UFOs seriously, so why don’t we? There are a few distinctly American factors at play

Apple’s casual sacrifice of Antonio García Martínez Petitioners demanded an investigation — the tech firm chose to fire him instead