Internet
Geek god
Believers in omnipotent machine intelligence are reshaping the world to fit their fantasies
The end of estate agents
The internet can – and should – bring it about
The web’s petty restrictions make anarchists of us all
I wouldn’t wish to deny that all drug dealers and crime lords read the Guardian. Indeed, check the circulation figures,…
It’ll be game over for all of us if the cyber crimewave continues to advance
‘The internet is broken,’ a corporate chieftain told me last week. It was an arresting remark, but he did not…
The Spectator’s notes
I write this before the results of the European elections, making the not very original guess that Ukip will do…
In praise of Dr Google
There’s something perversely satisfying in discovering that your children have inherited your vices. That’s why I was so quietly pleased…
Spam, spam, spam
Junk email is 20 years old – and bigger than ever
The need to know
It’s scarcely possible to open a newspaper or magazine these days without reading an article about how the latest technological…
Putin’s masterplan
Russia is returning as an ideological force in the world – to champion conservative values
By the book – The perils of snooping
The continuing drip-feed of stories about governments and friendly-seeming internet giants sifting through our data has left some citizens feeling…
Snowden is no leftie
So why are British conservatives determined to ignore his revelations?
Dear Mary
Q. We had our son’s fiancée and her family to stay recently. After dinner, expecting conversation, we were shocked to…
In store
How do you play the lottery? The National Lottery website has a handy guide. Step No. 1 is: ‘Go into…
Try my resolution for 2014: ignore the internet
At last, it has been scientifically proved that Jesus Christ is better than Muhammad. We’d always known that our lad…
It’s everywhere
They’re now televising proceedings from the Court of Appeal. Great. As if I didn’t have enough to do already, keeping…
Hugh Grant’s censorious friends may be about to win the day
It is a peculiar alliance, when you think of it, which wishes to bring to an end 300 years of…
This cant about protecting the kiddies is really about protecting the coalition
I have tried very hard to become an afficianado of pornography, seeing as it is by far the most popular…
Sorry, but internet trolling will be with us forever
This is not to be a column about Twitter. Can’t abide columns about Twitter. I’ve written a few, I know,…
Net loss
It is not quite clear what Google did to David Cameron, but the Prime Minister seems to be exacting some…
It’s not hate that Caitlin Moran can’t stand. It’s being disagreed with
Rod Liddle 10 August 2013 9:00 am
Hell, it’s been tough, but I think I’ve pulled through. I went out this morning to buy some cigarettes and…