Against reality: how politics entered a post-truth age
We live in a post-truth age. Consigned to the past are the days when the facts mattered and politicians were expected to uphold, at a minimum, a commitment to objectivity...
Jasper Goddard
Jenrick & Co's Expulsions Are A Golden Opportunity
Earlier this month, Robert Jenrick was abruptly sacked by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch after screenshots of the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice’s resignation speech were sent to senior figures in Badenoch’s office...
Who’s Afraid of the BBC?
The BBC has increasingly found itself under fire over the last few years, with right-wing media and politicians alike finding every possible opportunity to lambast the public-service broadcaster...
Late-Stage Tory Malaise - How Did Labour Go So Wrong So Quickly?
It was meant to be different. When Labour rode to a massive 174 seat majority in July 2024...
Political Storytelling in the Age of Performative Politics
Meanwhile, Starmer's government endured a late-summer of internal crises and the Prime Minister is repeatedly accused of not standing for anything...
Why sacking Postecoglou was the right call - and Frank is the perfect replacement
And so it comes to an end. Exactly two years to the day that Ange Postecoglou arrived in N17 with the prerogative of re-establishing attacking football...
News Avoidance and the Death of Boredom
Across the world news avoidance is rising, as audiences increasingly disengage from reporting despite news being more accessible than ever before...
Eubank Jr v Benn lives up to the hype, but no rematch is needed
Saturday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium provided a rare occasion of a fight perhaps even exceeding its hype, as Chris Eubank Jr overcame Conor Benn by unanimous decision to make it 2-0 to the Eubanks in a 25-year-long rivalry with the Benns...
Is JD Vance the Greatest Danger in Trumpland 2.0?
Barely two months into Donald Trump’s second stint in the White House it is becoming increasingly apparent that Trumpland 2.0 will be even more turbulent than its previous iteration...
What to do with Postecoglou?
After Tottenham Hotspur suffered their 15th defeat of the Premier League season, is the writing on the wall for the Australian manager?
Mickey 17 misses the mark
Bong Joon Ho’s science fiction satire is a rare miss for the visionary filmmaker, littered with unconvincing performances, lacking in subtlety and simply not funny.
Google AI Arms Shift Proves Only Politics Can Protect Us
Earlier this month, Alphabet, the owner of Google, altered its AI principles to remove a promise not to pursue the development of AI technologies for weaponry or surveillance purposes...
The Relevance of Severance
Six weeks into season 2, Severance is proving once again to be an especially relatable critique of the modern office job, while providing a fascinating puzzle to solve.
The Forgotten Importance Of Time In Politics
You could be forgiven for thinking we were approaching the end of this Labour government’s term in power, rather than being merely a tenth of the way through...
Beterbiev v Bivol II: Full Card Analysis
The “greatest card of all time” lived up to the hype as a trilogy surely following an all-time classic between two of the greatest fighters of their generation.
The Brutalist Review
Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half hour epic is a grand exploration of addiction, discrimination and obsession
The business approach to science in Trump's America
In Trumpland, one thing matters above all else: profit
The Fall of Daniel Levy
As criticism of the Tottenham Hotspur chairman intensifies amidst widespread protests, how did the ENIC project stutter and derail after steady progress.
Incendies Review
Denis Villeneuve's fourth film remains his most emotionally hard-hitting and a cinematic masterpiece of storytelling.
The Substance Review
A gloriously over-the-top body horror that succeeds in critiquing misogyny and Hollywood’s unrealistic beauty standards
Leaving X for Bluesky? Shunning Social Media Altogether Could be the Better Option
For many, Donald Trump’s re-election was the straw that broke the camel’s back. In the days after Trump won a second term in the White House, Bluesky picked up over 1m users. A growing dissatisfaction with X’s proliferation of disinformation and abuse on the platform since Elon Musk’s takeover motivated user migration to Bluesky.
Bazball shares many traits with Angeball, and proves Spurs should stick with Ange Postecoglou
Each project shares much in common with the other - Tottenham should keep faith with Postecoglou now and back him
How the US Media Should Respond to Four More Years of Donald Trump
Here we go again. On November 5th the most dramatic political comeback was completed, as Donald Trump returned to the White House four years after losing out to Joe Biden. Half of America rejoiced, while half wallowed in fear and trepidation of what a second Trump term might bring. There are certainly valid reasons for concern. Trump’s previous time in the White House ended with his attempt to undermine the peaceful transfer of power that is essential to the democratic system by inciting Capi...
The Rhetoric Dilemma
The U.S. Presidential election is upon us, and the world is questioning how voters could possibly give their backing, again, to Donald Trump despite his role in the 2021 Capitol attack and the inflammatory language he and his supporters routinely bandy about. Whether it be his attacks on his political enemies as “vermin” who he will “root out”, his claims that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of the United States, or his recent musings on how Liz Cheney would feel when “the guns are trained...
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