Most foreign journalists are barred by Israel from entering Gaza. Most, but not all. In October 2024, the right-wing polemicist Douglas Murray was given exclusive access to the Tel al-Sultan district ...

In this Monday’s episode of Media Confidential Alan and Lionel are talking to NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik about what is actually happening at American broadcaster CBS. They discuss the ...

Number 10’s famous front entrance has become the most notorious revolving door in Europe. We have had as many prime ministers in the last 10 years as in the previous 40. The United Kingdom is the “new ...

People are tired of Westminster. The two-party dominance, fostered by the restrictive first-past-the-post system, stifles genuine choice and innovation. Labour and the Tories grapple for Number 10, ...

So here we are, ten years after Brexit. The pure air of sovereignty. Taking back control from the unelected Brussels bureaucrats and handing it to Elon Musk, JD Vance, Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson and ...

Priests are formed by prayer. They’re also formed by education, and by desire. I would like, for a moment to leave out the language of calling, or vocation, which is where people usually begin to ...

Imagine waking up to the chill of a damp, unfamiliar room hundreds of miles from home. Two strangers watching you from the shadows. You reach for your phone—it’s gone. Your bag? Gone. You bolt for the ...

Cinema is changing rapidly. It might be leaving some of its old masters behind ...

The turnover of prime ministers is high, and expectations for the next one are low ...

Ravi Gurumurthy is chief executive of Nesta. He is writing in a personal capacity ...

In the last year, the United States has transitioned from flawed liberal democracy to competitive authoritarianism. In this new regime, institutions as diverse as universities, law firms and news ...

Tech leaders and industry insiders are giddy with excitement about the advances under way in artificial intelligence, whether due to the scaling up of existing models and functionalities, new ...