Even the most indefensible numbers can sometimes be defended on a technicality, if it has been cooked with enough ingenuityd

I am always willing to listen to, and engage with, my critics—but not everyone is

Can it really be such a bad thing that students are engaged in questions of power?

Forget what the adage says about words never hurting. Language can be harmful—and has been for a long time

The head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on how damned lies get served up with statistics

2 out of 3 people believe others are too offended by language use, while nearly half say they're not allowed to say what they think about key issues

Free speech is never really free—it's all about who's got power

Heavier restrictions are becoming the norm in Xi Jinping’s China

You know things are bad when the return of discredited, disgraced Silvio Berlusconi is almost reassuring. In January, John Hooper asked how Italy ended up here

Far from democratising culture, the rise of the tech giants has just replaced the old gatekeepers with new (crude) ones