You may have seen reports this week of a surge in measles across Europe and the United States. The media have blamed a paper by British scientist Andrew Wakefield, whose research connected the combined MMR vaccine with…
Most of us remember our first encounter with a mechanical life-form. Depending on when we were born, some of us had nightmares about Daleks. Others have had their dreams haunted by Transformers. Or Alexa. In…
BBC bias – Every week, it seems, the BBC is under attack from one side or another. Most recently they’re in a twist over pay for women. Just this week came the weird spectacle of…
Today’s guest post on Sex, Drugs and Taxes is by Multi Platform Artist, Author and all-round Renaissance man Russell C. Brennan. Russell sold his first film script at 17 before moving into music, to become one Europe’s…
On the week that my novel The Breaking of Liam Glass comes out – a crime satire about the role of the press – here’s a very topical and thoughtful piece from Emily Bell in the Guardian asking…