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Global vaccine database?
Health - 7/02/2023 - 2 comments
Elizabeth the Great
International - 12/09/2022 - 16 comments
Facial recognition, migrants and techism
Science & Technology - 12/08/2022 - 5 comments
Metaverse: a danger to children and probably you too
Science & Technology - 28/04/2022 - 4 comments
BBC Bashir survey feeds trust deficit
Media - 27/05/2021 - 4 comments
The hot response culture (why reason and compassion should prevail)
Society - 24/05/2021 - 6 comments
Prince Philip: a legacy of curiosity
Political Philosophy - 15/04/2021 - 8 comments
TechnoKings rule, but at what cost?
Media - 19/03/2021 - 1 comment
2021: tech innovation boom!
Science & Technology - 4/01/2021 - 7 comments
COVID-19 shouldn't kill cash!
Economics - 27/11/2020 - 16 comments
The hot response culture (why reason and compassion should prevail)
Media - 27/07/2020 - 6 comments
COVID-19 emergency: an opportunity
Health - 17/03/2020 - 22 comments
Three big priorities for Boris Johnson
International - 16/12/2019 - 5 comments
Give yourself the gift of social media down-time!
Society - 21/11/2019 - 1 comment
Understanding the Greta Effect
Society - 2/10/2019 - 14 comments
Supreme Court: serving or subverting democracy?
International - 25/09/2019 - 4 comments
The Queen and 'The King of the World'
International - 25/07/2019 - 8 comments
Face App: recipe for ID theft
Media - 19/07/2019 - 2 comments
Should social media be banned?
Law & Liberties - 1/02/2019 - 17 comments
It's a marriage not just a carnival
Society - 21/05/2018 - 7 comments
Socialism not the answer students need
Political Philosophy - 7/02/2018 - 12 comments
Should social media carry health warnings?
Media - 28/12/2017 - 6 comments
Sexual misconduct, non-apologies and trial by social media
Society - 29/11/2017 - 11 comments
Why we really 'need' iPhone X
Society - 7/11/2017 - 6 comments
Princess Diana's death - the social impact
Society - 1/09/2017 - 27 comments
The relentless march of the microchips
Science & Technology - 27/07/2017 - 5 comments
Why we'd be right to fine big tech companies
Law & Liberties - 6/07/2017 - 3 comments
Here's what ACTUALLY changes - UK general election
International - 12/06/2017 - 2 comments
Election overload - politics v statesmanship
International - 19/04/2017 - 4 comments
Terror fails in face of hope and respect
International - 23/03/2017 - 20 comments
Reactions to Trump are mostly over-blown and unhelpful
International - 1/03/2017 - 21 comments
Are calls for Trump state visit ban misguided?
International - 1/02/2017 - 10 comments
Brexit demands leadership, not just management
International - 23/01/2017 - 3 comments
Give yourself a break - limit social media
Science & Technology - 23/12/2016 - 12 comments
Paris Attacks 13/11: defeating intellectual fascism
Law & Liberties - 14/11/2016 - 6 comments
US election - how did polls get it so wrong?
International - 10/11/2016 - 8 comments
Children and social media don't mix
Society - 4/11/2016 - 3 comments
Do we really want to go cashless?
Economics - 10/10/2016 - 20 comments
Tax rises not enough to protect the NHS
Health - 22/09/2016 - 4 comments
More public spaces should block phone signals
Science & Technology - 5/08/2016 - 9 comments
The EU must reform or die
International - 28/07/2016 - 8 comments
The PM is gone - long live the PM
International - 15/07/2016 - 8 comments
Where to now for Europe and the EU?
International - 28/06/2016 - 8 comments
Brexit requires new breed of leadership
International - 27/06/2016 - 3 comments
Jo Cox MP: a price too high
Society - 20/06/2016 - 15 comments
Brussels attacks: restrain and rethink
International - 23/03/2016 - 117 comments
Should Britain stick with the EU?
International - 8/02/2016 - 7 comments
David Bowie was an artist not a prophet
The Arts - 19/01/2016 - 8 comments
Why don't people stop to help the stricken?
Society - 18/12/2015 - 5 comments
Oppose ISIS, but don't credit anonymous
International - 11/12/2015 - 10 comments
Paris attacks give us pause for thought
Law & Liberties - 16/11/2015 - 15 comments
The NUS and the transgenderism debate that wasn't
Law & Liberties - 3/11/2015 - 27 comments
Refugee crisis calls for compassion and pragmatism
International - 23/09/2015 - 17 comments
When idealists give way to ideology
Political Philosophy - 18/09/2015 - 41 comments
The queen: a living lesson in privacy management
Society - 11/09/2015 - 14 comments
The Greek Crisis is about so much more than money
International - 2/07/2015 - 13 comments
Are churches playing Big Brother?
Law & Liberties - 22/06/2015 - 7 comments
Chips under the skin: 'convenient' but not wise
Science & Technology - 27/05/2015 - 10 comments
British election raises immediate questions
International - 8/05/2015 - 10 comments
The ANZACs, Churchill and a Lesson for our Politicians
Society - 24/04/2015 - 24 comments
Well played Mr Benaud. We need more public figures like you
Sport - 11/04/2015 - 1 comment
Why is British politics so fragmented?
Political Philosophy - 9/04/2015 - 20 comments
Clarkson redux
Law & Liberties - 27/03/2015 - 11 comments
Auschwitz and the wisdom of crowds
Society - 30/01/2015 - 88 comments
Is society becoming more extreme?
Society - 22/01/2015 - 53 comments
New fascism reflected in Charlie Hebdo Paris shootings
Law & Liberties - 8/01/2015 - 150 comments
Divorce Day needs a rethink
Society - 7/01/2015 - 4 comments
Persecution: much more than a religious issue
Law & Liberties - 7/11/2014 - 5 comments
Apple and Facebook should not commodify pregnancy
Society - 20/10/2014 - 4 comments
Trolling makes us all Truman
Media - 7/10/2014
Is the Ice Bucket Challenge helping or hindering the cause?
Society - 29/08/2014 - 7 comments
Assisted dying - a question of misplaced trust
Law & Liberties - 22/07/2014 - 14 comments
Hey Facebook, this data is mine!
Media - 4/07/2014 - 6 comments
Luis Suarez: biting and what it says about our expectations in sport
Sport - 26/06/2014 - 4 comments
CCTV spy cars, privacy and the right to be forgotten
Law & Liberties - 24/06/2014 - 5 comments
Why social media are reshaping the world of news
Media - 17/06/2014 - 2 comments
Save Meriam: save our sense of humanity
Law & Liberties - 2/06/2014 - 19 comments
Voters are not 'lurching', they're responding to elitism
International - 28/05/2014 - 4 comments
Climate change bias and the ethics of science
Environment - 19/05/2014 - 41 comments
How social media are changing community and identity
Society - 22/04/2014 - 3 comments
How social media are changing community and identity
Science & Technology - 10/04/2014
Checking the rise of the machine
Law & Liberties - 28/02/2014 - 10 comments
Children shouldn't have to choose to die
Law & Liberties - 26/02/2014 - 9 comments
Neknominating: why it's here and how to end it
Health - 17/02/2014 - 9 comments
Keeping your sanity intact in sales season
Society - 25/12/2013
Don't shoot the marriage messenger
Law & Liberties - 20/12/2013 - 6 comments
Going cashless: the buck stops here
Science & Technology - 8/10/2013 - 9 comments
Bad for our health
Health - 11/09/2013
Twitter trolls, the law and respect
Media - 8/08/2013 - 1 comment
Profession politics: rule by lobby group?
Political Philosophy - 23/07/2013 - 2 comments
In Ohio, next door was a world away
Society - 8/05/2013
Why schools should abandon biometrics
Law & Liberties - 9/04/2013 - 3 comments
Are we becoming Internet addicts?
Media - 11/01/2013 - 9 comments
Are generational factors affecting middle-age suicides?
Society - 5/10/2012 - 9 comments
Is Julian Assange damaging the Internet?
Media - 27/08/2012 - 6 comments
Eric Liddell, paralympians and great Olympic values
Sport - 1/08/2012 - 1 comment
Are we losing the Olympic spirit?
Sport - 12/07/2012 - 6 comments
The trust deficit: Australia 2012
Society - 5/06/2012 - 1 comment
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