Outside the system
  • John Berger at 100

    John Berger at 100

    Peter Jukes celebrates the centenary of the birth of John Berger – one of the figures who inspires Byline Times’ analysis on the ideas we think with

  • We Speak Therefore We Are

    We Speak Therefore We Are

    John Mitchinson finds inspiration in a book that explores why linguistic diversity is the key to a healthy culture

  • The Chatbot and the Bureaucrat

    The Chatbot and the Bureaucrat

    Will AI end humanity or save it? It may be more mundane than that, writes James Bloodworth

  • Bonnie Greer: Never Nobody But Herself

    Bonnie Greer: Never Nobody But Herself

    Stephen Colegrave pays tribute to our much-loved contributor who died in September

  • ‘We’re Trying to Normalise Changing One’s Mind’

    ‘We’re Trying to Normalise Changing One’s Mind’

    Rich Logis was as deep into MAGA as a Trump supporter can be. Until he left. He speaks to Hardeep Matharu about the organisation he has created to help others exit the ‘extremist group’ – and to repent

  • Upside Down

    Upside Down

    John Mitchinson reveals how some bipedal dinosaurs never died out

  • Bonnie Greer: The Golden Thread

    Bonnie Greer: The Golden Thread

    Stephen Colegrave pays personal tribute to our much-loved Byline Times contributor, who died last week

  • Upside Down

    Upside Down

    John Mitchinson explains why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the wrong role model for Big Tech

  • Finding the Right Energy to Tackle Our Existential Climate Dread

    Finding the Right Energy to Tackle Our Existential Climate Dread

    John Mitchinson finds an inspiring warmth in the reality-checking work of climate justice activist Mikaela Loach

  • The Digital Domain Is the Most Mortal of All

    The Digital Domain Is the Most Mortal of All

    Social media and digital storage are radically changing our concept of time and consciousness of death, writes Peter Jukes

  • Directed by History

    Directed by History

    Stephen Unwin is bringing back ‘Man to Man’ almost 40 years after first working on the seminal play with Tilda Swinton. What’s changed?

  • Who Owns Our Beautiful Game?

    Who Owns Our Beautiful Game?

    Global capital is threatening a takeover of the essence of football – but it’s that essence that makes the sport such a commodity, writes James Bloodworth

  • ‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’

    ‘You Want to Love His Music. Without Thinking That This Guy Raped Kids Year After Year’

    After the phenomenal success of the Michael Jackson biopic this year, Hardeep Matharu sat down with Dan Reed, the director of ‘Leaving Neverland’ – which documented sexual abuse allegations against the late singer – to explore how he feels seeing the icon’s continued success, the cult of the ‘cultural god’, and telling complicated truths