This article originally appeared in January 2019. Given recent events, we thought it merited a re-up. Russia’s state communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, recently said BBC's Russian-language...
Sir Philip Green, a billionaire business man, categorically denies allegations of sexual and racial harassment and bullying of his employees but, if he had had his way, we would not even know that he...
In case you missed it, our most popular post last week was our much-anticipated Person of the Year announcement, brought to you by Natalia Antonova: We're honouring Louise Linton, for her brave...
Recently I undertook a final year undergraduate class in political philosophy. The opening lecture commenced with a trailer from 1984 (1984). This film adaptation of George Orwell’s...
Happy Monday, gentle readers! It's a busy and chaotic time in the headlines, so why not take a moment to sit down, relax, and read some of the best of what we're reading before going on about your...
Good morning! The US election is just five weeks away, and it's been an...interesting...weekend. Let's take a look at the news of note, shall we? And while we're at it, please do share what you're...
It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for weeks now. Since its beginnings on a Saturday night in September, the Occupy movement has spread like wildfire across the country and indeed the...
I’ve been having trouble sleeping this past week. Every night. I go to bed and there is an underlying feeling of guilt that keeps creeping up on me. It chokes me. Makes me lay there at night for...
Scenario one: someone posts on the Internet step-by-step instructions for building a crude weapon of mass destruction, or act of bioterrorism. Scenario two: someone stands in the street with a sign...
“Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented” was how former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Charles J Haughey described the discovery of a murderer hiding in the Attorney General's apartment...