Humans are untrustworthy, we’re told. Biased. Liars. Mistake-makers. But the answer is not better education. It’s ‘outsource to technology’…

Santa, in some form, does exist. Not quite the pot-bellied character of current; but actually a shamanic member of indigenous European people...

Coming from Ancient China to the West through the Silk Road, paper revolutionised how we communicate...

Who are these women you speak of, who can walk 5 miles in 6 inch heels and hold 7 different things in one hand, yet couldn’t undo a jar of pickles if their lives depended on it?

That was my only ghost or, at least, my only ghost story. Like all narrators of stories like this, I’ll start by saying that I don’t believe in ghosts...

Cold legs. Cornettos. Peeing in the sea. Where else would you find such a bizarre but strangely charming concoction of experiences? The seaside holiday is a British institution, a repository of our cultural identity...

I’m typing. If I stop typing for more than five seconds, everything I’ve written will be deleted. If I pause for just a moment, the text will start to fade and the edges of the screen will turn blood red. Just keep going. At least I’m writing. Is it good writing? I don’t know anymore. I was only trying to be productive...

Cultural trends typically parallel the world around them. In our current climate of financial and political uncertainty, for instance, we see the rise...

As more Facebook users die out, questions of what to do with one’s digital remains become ever more pressing.