“LinkedIn doesn’t know me anymore,” someone complained to me recently. “What do you mean?” I asked. She explained that the platform has replaced the old “recommended jobs” section, which used to show ...

There is a new permanent secretary in Whitehall, and his name is David Dinsmore. No reason why you should have heard of him: he’s been toiling away on behalf of Rupert Murdoch for nearly 22 years and ...

A couple of weeks ago my husband took a photograph of me. In the picture, I’m wearing a glamorous, fitted green leather coat, trimmed with faux fur. There’s a diamanté clip in my hair. And I’m holding ...

The UK must recognise Palestine, but without conditions Recognition neither punishes Israel nor rewards Hamas. Keir Starmer has linked two things that do not belong together ...

What turns a loyal devotee into a whistleblower seeking revenge? And what would you do if an anonymous source handed over reams of sensitive information on one of the biggest companies in the world?

The first occasion was in April 2023, when Abbott asserted in a letter published in the Observer that Jewish people and Travellers experience “prejudice”, just like redheads, but that only black ...

In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, a spate of reading lists was published, aiming to arm readers with the literary weapons they would need to “resist” the administration. Guides to ...

Channel 4 snapped Sirieix up for their TV show First Dates in summer 2013. He’s since overseen more than 1,000 blind dates, also counting the spin-off shows First Dates Hotel and Teen First Dates, and ...

In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel are asked how much an editor’s personal opinions and politics affect their judgements. They also discuss Mehdi Hasan’s viral debate against far-right ...

Why the Cotswolds are the perfect place for JD Vance to spend his holidays The US vice-president is coming to the British countryside for a summer break—taking the Chipping Norton set to new ...

How long can Ofcom allow Nigel Farage to keep his own show? Alan and Lionel discuss the crisis at the top of the BBC, and whether current impartiality rules are fit for purpose ...

One thing I didn’t quite realise when we decided, a couple of years ago, to number each edition of The Culture newsletter is that it would make the 100th edition—this one—feel a little… different. You ...