Q+A: Is Google dangerous?

Q+A: Is Google dangerous?

How has internet titan Google changed our knowledge, our politics and our lives over the last two decades? Siva Vaidhyanathan, the author of “The Googlization of Everything,” argues that Google affects the information we gather, jeopardises our personal...
What is greenwashing culture? 🔊

What is greenwashing culture? 🔊

What is ‘greenwashing’? In his new book, Toby Miller argues that culture has become an enabler of environmental criminals to win over local, national, and international communities. Miller examines the complicity of culture in our environmental crisis with...
I, Donald? A classic view of Trump

I, Donald? A classic view of Trump

By Marcus Wilson Marcus Wilson compares the characters of Donald Trump and the Emperor Claudius. How Suetonius would have loved Mr. Trump! As biographer of the Roman emperors, Suetonius had a sharp eye for the matching and mismatching of personal character with the...
Abusing power? The cartoonist in a post-truth world  ▶

Abusing power? The cartoonist in a post-truth world ▶

Image is all-important in politics, and image-making especially so. Politicians are supposed to create their own images, yet very often exploit negative and derogatory imagery in order to get noticed. Hitler deliberately borrowed Charlie Chaplin’s moustache, Margaret...