Frances Weaver
Close Encounters
Catcalling isn’t so bad — until it crosses the line
A Fever that Doesn’t Last
Cyber-activism spreads quickly and reaches many, but the lack of risk involved means it is largely superficial
What Women (Don’t) Want
A new feminist force on Twitter attempts to attack the sexism in the media that most female political candidates face
Speaking Truth to Power?
‘To Assange, privacy is an accomplice to conspiracy, and should always be violated to shine a light on the lives of those in power’
Save, Save and Save Again
Even new publishing technology can’t save a writer from disaster
Viva la e-revolución!
The ego has landed, as Hugo Chávez signs up to Twitter
Satanic Masters
On Evil by Terry Eagleton
Democracy in Action
There is a battle between old and new media in this General Election – but which will win?
Netizens’ Rights
‘Unfortunately for their leaders, some 384 million Chinese netizens who help to make up one-fifth of mankind are expressing their views, just not through the leaders’ mouths’
Too Much Information
We were obsessed — but what did Baghdad bloggers think of the Chilcot Inquiry?
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics