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The Upside Down: Death Metal
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how the long slow history of lead poisoning teaches us a salutary lesson
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Populist Simplicity in a Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why his ‘alternative realities’ don’t stack up against real-world complexities
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Trump’s Mob Rule: An Offer We Can Only Refuse
If Europeans come from Venus, Peter Jukes observes, it’s only because they are aware (unlike Elon Musk) of the bleak devastation of Mars
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The Upside Down: For Whom the Bell Tolls
John Mitchinson explores the strangely complex method behind the music of the bells
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From Murdoch to Musk: Hacking the State
While the media mogul spent more than half a century building up back-door political influence, the social media broligarch stormed into the US Government in just two years. Peter Jukes explores how the use of power through media has evolved
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Complexity Is Reality – But There’s No Possibility For It In Today’s Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance and ambiguity can even sit, writes Hardeep Matharu
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Who Truly Profits from Porn?
The pornography industry is dominated by companies presenting a veneer of corporate respectability while thriving off exploitation. Iain Overton introduces his four part investigation
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From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
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The Upside Down: Vegetable Leather
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores the unnatural history of natural rubber
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Trump’s Return: Keeping the Subtle Flame of Integrity Lit
By paying attention to our complex and often contradictory humanness, we can keep our integrity through chaos and disruption
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2024 In Review: The Year The Tory Story Ended
Russell Jones looks back at how the ‘worst parliament in history’ came to its calamitous conclusion
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Will Young: ‘It Got Much Worse After Pop Idol. I’m Surprised There Hasn’t Been an Exposé on The X Factor’
The first Pop Idol winner – and Byline Times supporter – speaks to Josiah Mortimer about the pressures of fame and the stories he believes are still to come to light about the reality TV music world
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‘Fiscal Nimbyism Makes It Far Harder to Fix Public Services’
Fed by an irresponsible media, neither voters nor political leaders are willing to accept the trade-offs inherent in fiscal choices, writes Chris Grey in his monthly column for the Byline Times print edition
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The Upside Down: Mummers The Word
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores why so many Christmas rituals boil down to fun and money
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The Cosy and Comfortable Liberal-Democratic Political-Media Class and the Darkness Ahead
Who will – truly – hold the line with the prospect of a more extreme politics coming to Britain via the ballot box?
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After Trump’s Return, Britain Is Next in the Firing Line of Putin’s War On Democracy
The real reasons lying behind Elon Musk’s relentless attacks on Keir Starmer and the UK Government
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The Death of the Critic: From Cultural Visionaries to Vacuous Performers
Critics must reclaim their roles as navigators of meaning – not algorithmically-rewarded pastiche provocateurs, writes Iain Overton
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The Upside Down: The War We Never Mention
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how a country house party in Oxfordshire helped invent democracy
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Amerexit: Oligarchy Comes to the United States
Peter Jukes in the December Print Edition of Byline Times
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The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of ‘MAGA’ Trumps Democracy – And the Liberal Left Has No Answer
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu
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Trump’s America: The Fulcrum of a Global ‘Network War’ on Democracy
The re-elected President’s backers believe democracy is finished – the fight to save it must transform it
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‘We Are All Palestinians’
A free preview of Anthony Barnett’s new monthly column exclusive to the Byline Times print edition
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The Upside Down: The Surprisingly Racy History of Lettuce
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson reflects on why the old lettuce leaf is not so dull (Liz Truss aside)
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The Media is Displaying the Same Blind Spots that Allowed the Conservatives to Push Britain to the Brink
The British press’ selective scrutiny of the new Government is letting the country down, writes Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes
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Indifference for the Disabled: A Traumatising Night Affecting My Every Day
In her monthly column, Penny Pepper describes the aftermath of a terrifying break-in, which she fears may have been a disability hate crime
