William Shawcross
Murdoch: a life on the risk frontier
Two very different books come as close as possible to explaining the enigma that is Murdoch and his extraordinary media empire
Our Strength And Stay
A speech in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh
Model Justice
Obama’s decision to prosecute Khaled Sheik Mohammed in Guantanamo Bay shows even he believes in the efficacy of its military court
Rupert Murdoch
The media mogul gets up the noses of the chattering classes for preserving pluralism of press and broadcasting
Tolerating the intolerant
“For those who thought that a global pandemic would sound the death knell for identity politics, think again”
How to prevent the next pandemic
‘I have been reporting as a science journalist for years that the world is at increasing risk of pandemics like this; that this was predicted; that we know what we need to do to prepare and we simply haven’t done it; and that more and worse pandemics are coming so we need to do that, now’
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts