Media
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The spoils of playing war
Video games play a key role in sustaining the global military-industrial complex, writes Marzena Zukowska
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BBC: the case for reform
Perceptions of bias at the BBC are on the rise. Natalie Fenton of the Media Reform Coalition puts forward the case for reform
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Critical tradition: Tribune then and now
As the relaunched Tribune prepares its second issue, Hilary Wainwright assesses the history of the paper and the left Labour MPs who rallied around it – and the lessons it offers today’s Labour left
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Stormzy, Grenfell and what it means to be a ‘threat’
The artist is giving a vital platform to a new generation of voices pointing out the hypocrisy in which crimes get punished and which get rewarded. By Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly
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Transphobia is the latest weapon in a raging culture war
The vicious media campaign against trans people is part bigotry, part strategy, writes Roz Kaveney
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Stop romanticising the royal family
Frustrated at the idea of another royal wedding? You’re not alone. Joana Ramiro argues we should stop idealising a fundamentally undemocratic institution
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Thatcher: You’ve got to fight! For the left! To party!
Commentators frame Thatcher ‘death parties’ as tasteless bandwagon-jumping events. Have some imagination, writes Siobhán McGuirk: this is an iconoclastic moment
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