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Camille Lepage
Vive la cuisine
française!Le Big Mac may be on the rise, but a French woman explains why her country’s food culture is still alive and well. |
Rob Lyons
Bang goes that dumbing down theory
Science on TV has had low expectations of audiences for too long, but a couple of new programmes have bucked the trend.
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| Thursday 18 March 2010 |
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Mick Hume
Why we were right to fight
Ten years after a libel trial closed LM magazine, its former editor reflects on how that case foreshadowed the battles over free speech today.
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Rob Lyons
This tax on fizzy drinks stinksWhether it is cigarettes, booze or soda, it’s not the place of the taxman to dissuade us from our enjoyable bad habits. |
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| Wednesday 17 March 2010 |
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Sean Collins
‘Jihad Jane’ and the politics of fear
Far from ‘keeping America safe’, the elite’s depiction of the US as fragile and at-risk makes even lonely weirdos seem like a deadly threat.
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David Crow
Google: a company of contradictions
Ahead of this week’s live spiked debate, David Crow of City AM offers his thoughts on Google’s current predicament.
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| Tuesday 16 March 2010 |
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Frank Furedi
Education: you can’t buy and sell intellectual capital
ELECTION ESSAY: Frank Furedi explains why the mighty mess Labour made of education won’t be fixed by privatisation or parental pressure.
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Jason Walsh
Google: an anti-capitalist scapegoat?
In the run-up to this week’s live spiked debate, Jason Walsh of forth magazine asks if Google's behaviour really is abnormal.
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| Monday 15 March 2010 |
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Brendan O’Neill
Smash the People’s Senate!
Jack Straw’s proposal for a fully elected second chamber is motivated by a desire to limit and frustrate real, direct, passionate democracy.
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| Friday 12 March 2010 |
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Helene Guldberg
This isn’t racism. It’s just kids being kids
A new book explodes the myth of racist children and reveals how anti-racist initiatives in British schools have split pupils into ethnic camps.
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Rob Lyons
Sons of Cuba: a knockout docAndrew Lang’s moving and punchy debut film is a tale of young pugilists’ triumph over adversity in Havana. |
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