February
Where woke went wrong
If progressive social movements are to rise again after the Trump-led backlash, they need to overcome not just their opponents but also their own limitations.
April 2024
Musk sets test for social media without boundaries
The sudden row between Australia and Elon Musk is a test of sovereign writ against the biggest companies – but also where government control of media should begin and end.
Shriver is selling books, and losing friends, opposing Western guilt
Lionel Shriver, the fearless author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, discusses male disadvantage, hate speech laws and why universities are damaging themselves.
August 2023
The biological reality of women and men
Some argue that lived experience and personal choice trump sex. They are wrong.
April 2023
The un-cancelling of JK Rowling
Does the announcement of a long-term Harry Potter TV show mean rehabilitation is on the horizon for the controversial author?
Media rivals unite against ‘chilling’ federal privacy law proposals
Giving the Information Commissioner powers to search for and seize documents would be a “significant regulatory overreach”, a major media coalition has warned.
November 2022
Lee Child on the joys of legal marijuana and a run in with Weinstein
After selling $4.6 billion worth of books and buying a Renoir with Hollywood money, the Jack Reacher creator is putting his pen down but not without the last word.
October 2022
Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane dead at 72
The Scottish actor, best known for his role as the gentle half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, has died.
September 2022
JK Rowling’s new book might be proof she spends too much time online
The Harry Potter author’s new Strike murder mystery, ‘The Ink Black Heart’, spends too long addressing her real-world gripes.
January 2022
J.K. Rowling’s magic spell resists being cancelled
The author has been airbrushed from the Harry Potter reunion but her fans don’t seem to care about her views on transgenderism.
July 2020
Does cancel culture actually exist?
For the better part of the last decade, we have given a label to something that has existed for the length of human history.
June 2020
JK Rowling responds to critics over her transgender tweets
"Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling said she refuses to "bow down" to criticism about her recent comments on transgender people.