Nick Cohen
Pride and Prejudice
A new movie about the miners’ strike ignores the fact that it left Britain with nothing to feel good about
Revolt of the TV Eunuchs
Celebrity presenters such as Jon Snow reject impartiality. But the news must not be twisted
Propaganda Shouldn’t Pay
Press officers and PRs are corrupting public life. Journalists must lead a revolt against this pestilential trade
You Can’t Read all About It Anymore
The web has ushered in a new era of journalism-but left a gaping hole in the coverage of vital local news
Deluge of Green Sentimentality
In Darren Aronofsky’s Noah God punishes humanity for its crimes against the environment
Conventional Wisdom Won’t Do
From the First World War to the rise of radical Islam, catastrophes cannot be treated like ordinary problems
Infantile, My Dear Watson
Sherlock substitutes the jitters of the internet for the storytelling that made the world fall in love with Holmes
The BBC Needs a Free Press
The corporation and right-wing newspapers must stick together for the sake of media freedom
Liberty Here, Tyranny There
The apologetics over John Stuart Mill’s shocking attitudes towards foreigners is the only thing that lets down Georgios Varouxakis’s otherwise excellent study of the political philosopher
Culture Wars That Threaten Liberty
The constant attacks on the tabloids by the Left and on the BBC by the Right are leading to censorship
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts