The piece asks why conspiracy theories gain so much traction, and finds that good stories, and the clarity they offer, are at least part of the answer. The author asserts that conspiracy theories share the same attraction to us as science fiction narratives that find “pattern and meaning in this senseless racket of life”.
A piece looking at the destruction wrought by climate change on the Pacific Islands of Kiribati (on average 2-3 metres above sea level), already vulnerable due to unscrupulous phosphate mining stretching back a century. http://bit.ly/stuff-sea
A searching piece about Amazon and monopoly, published in a newspaper owned by Amazon’s CEO. If you have the time, it’s also worth dipping into the elegantly wrought 28,000 word ‘note’ in The Yale Law Journal that inspired the piece.
A piece examining the significant impact of new, highly partisan independent publications on the UK election and the failure of the right-wing press to destroy Jeremy Corbyn.
Written in January 2000, this profile looks at the life and career of the then relatively unknown Vladimir Putin, who had been nominated as Acting President by Boris Yeltsin a month before.
Technology giants and startups disrupting traditional media businesses is nothing new. In the film industry the signs are there, but it appears not everyone is willing to see them.
Destruction and regeneration at the ancient archaeological site of Palmyra over the last four thousand years of its history, from well before the Emperor Hadrian, to the present day barbarity of the Islamic State.
An insightful piece from the BBC World Affairs correspondent examines the complex ethical and editorial challenges of reporting on the horrors of the war waged by ISIS.
The challenges of running a travel agency when your top destination is North Korea.
A history of the iconic video game that changed the industry and helped significantly develop the genre of first-person shooters, delivered by the people who made it.